---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chiropractors - As enacted, allows chiropractic physicians to enter into a direct primary care agreement with an individual patient or the patient's legal representative. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 5."
description: "Chiropractors - As enacted, allows chiropractic physicians to enter into a direct primary care agreement with an individual patient or the patient's legal representative. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 334"
citation: "Tennessee HB 334 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Chiropractors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kumar", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8046fa94-258d-40f2-9c58-4cbde0a880fd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0334&GA=110"
source_hash: "73b8ebb97f8f23c745e2109c7e7a2b4e656f48e491137a670e844a4ece5fe344"
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 HB 334 (110) — Chiropractors - As enacted, allows chiropractic physicians to enter into a direct primary care agreement with an individual patient or the patient's legal representative. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 5.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0334.pdf)

## Votes

- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/22/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/28/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017 3/30/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kumar — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0092)
- **2017-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-16** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-06** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 3, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0210) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0209) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-06** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-10** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0210) `passage`
- **2017-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 163
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 163
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/24/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8046fa94-258d-40f2-9c58-4cbde0a880fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).