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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, extends the statutory provision regulating reimbursements for healthcare services provided during a telehealth encounter beyond April 1, 2022; tolls, for the duration of any state of emergency, the 16-month period that a provider can offer telemedicine services to the patient without having an in-person encounter, if the healthcare services provider or the patient, or both, are located in the geographical area covered by the applicable state of emergency; permits a healthcare provider to provide medical services through telehealth if the service is not otherwise outside the provider's license. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Section 63-1-155."
+description: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, extends the statutory provision regulating reimbursements for healthcare services provided during a telehealth encounter beyond April 1, 2022; tolls, for the duration of any state of emergency, the 16-month period that a provider can offer telemedicine services to the patient without having an in-person encounter, if the healthcare services provider or the patient, or both, are located in the geographical area covered by the applicable state of emergency; permits a healthcare provider to provide medical services through telehealth if the service is not otherwise outside the provider's license. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Section 63-1-155."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "SB 2453"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 2453 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Accident", "Health", "Insurance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Yager"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-02-02"
+last_action: "2022-04-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ba341f8-3f66-4100-8a12-9ff70a5a0ab5"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2453&GA=112"
+source_hash: "dc2f01254dd579cb95e5f8cec703f7b0a5aae6c7f3785389f01d7843cbded37b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 2453 (112) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, extends the statutory provision regulating reimbursements for healthcare services provided during a telehealth encounter beyond April 1, 2022; tolls, for the duration of any state of emergency, the 16-month period that a provider can offer telemedicine services to the patient without having an in-person encounter, if the healthcare services provider or the patient, or both, are located in the geographical area covered by the applicable state of emergency; permits a healthcare provider to provide medical services through telehealth if the service is not otherwise outside the provider's license. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Section 63-1-155.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0529** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0529.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0584** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0584.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2453.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022 2/24/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 2/15/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/22/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hawk — primary (person)
+- Yager — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
+- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-02-03** P1C.
+- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
+- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
+- **2022-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 2/22/2022
+- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
+- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/24/2022
+- **2022-02-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022
+- **2022-02-28** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2022-02-28** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0529) `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-01** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/8/2022
+- **2022-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
+- **2022-03-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2022-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
+- **2022-03-21** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2022-03-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0584)
+- **2022-03-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2022-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2022-03-28** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2022-04-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-12** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 766
+- **2022-04-12** Effective date(s) 04/01/2022
+- **2022-04-12** Pub. Ch. 766
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ba341f8-3f66-4100-8a12-9ff70a5a0ab5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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