--- type: "Bill" title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, excludes independent living facilities from regulation by the board for licensing health care facilities; sets inspection schedule for certain healthcare facilities at three years from the last inspection instead of 15 months; clarifies medication administration authority in residential homes for the aged. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-201; Section 68-11-204 and Section 68-11-210." description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, excludes independent living facilities from regulation by the board for licensing health care facilities; sets inspection schedule for certain healthcare facilities at three years from the last inspection instead of 15 months; clarifies medication administration authority in residential homes for the aged. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-201; Section 68-11-204 and Section 68-11-210." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "110" identifier: "HB 528" citation: "Tennessee HB 528 (110)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"] version_count: 1 action_count: 40 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2017-02-07" last_action: "2017-05-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0de0d3f4-9b52-4c3c-bcc1-1d2f850b625d" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0528&GA=110" source_hash: "4ebb5669947ed47f1ad5a6b911d42f7269d95210cacfb40b8a5cd9cf07476fd8" 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 528 (110) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, excludes independent living facilities from regulation by the board for licensing health care facilities; sets inspection schedule for certain healthcare facilities at three years from the last inspection instead of 15 months; clarifies medication administration authority in residential homes for the aged. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-201; Section 68-11-204 and Section 68-11-210. ## 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/HB0528.pdf) ## Votes - HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/22/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2017 Passed (2) — **62–26** (pass) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2017 Passed (1) — **68–20** (pass) · lower - HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; 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 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower ## Sponsors - Hawk — primary (person) - Norris — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction` - **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee` - **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee - **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2017 - **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** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/22/2017 - **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/28/2017 - **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2017-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/29/2017 - **2017-03-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/29/2017 - **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017 - **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/5/2017 - **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/5/2017 - **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017 - **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/10/2017 - **2017-04-05** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/12/2017 - **2017-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. - **2017-04-06** Passed H., Ayes 68, Nays 20, PNV 0 `passage` - **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2017-04-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2017-04-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee - **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/20/2017 - **2017-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. - **2017-04-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage` - **2017-04-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. - **2017-04-20** Companion House Bill substituted - **2017-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker - **2017-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt` - **2017-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 242 - **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/02/2017 - **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 242 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0de0d3f4-9b52-4c3c-bcc1-1d2f850b625d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).