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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, clarifies that the assignment of benefits statute does not prohibit a policy of insurance from providing reimbursement to an insured for expenses the insured incurred when the insured remitted payment directly to a healthcare provider or healthcare facility for provided covered healthcare services. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63."
+description: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, clarifies that the assignment of benefits statute does not prohibit a policy of insurance from providing reimbursement to an insured for expenses the insured incurred when the insured remitted payment directly to a healthcare provider or healthcare facility for provided covered healthcare services. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "SB 618"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 618 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Accident", "Health", "Insurance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Cochran"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2021-02-09"
+last_action: "2021-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c130255f-df71-44c8-bbb2-605e1df1fa41"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0618&GA=112"
+source_hash: "aab96ecdcf794b0dc976a7dce62cbb3d274a7097d61c53d1167562d391f954b5"
+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 618 (112) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, clarifies that the assignment of benefits statute does not prohibit a policy of insurance from providing reimbursement to an insured for expenses the insured incurred when the insured remitted payment directly to a healthcare provider or healthcare facility for provided covered healthcare services. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0618.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/6/2021 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (2) — **91–2** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **91–2** (pass) · lower
+- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/30/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- Cochran — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
+- **2021-02-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2021-02-25** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-01** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
+- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
+- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
+- **2021-03-30** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/6/2021
+- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 4/6/2021
+- **2021-04-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
+- **2021-04-08** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/12/2021
+- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2021
+- **2021-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2021-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2021-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2021-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-04-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2021-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-04** Effective date(s) 7/01/2021
+- **2021-05-04** Pub. Ch. 260
+- **2021-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 260
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c130255f-df71-44c8-bbb2-605e1df1fa41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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