---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, specifies that requirement for licensure of persons who practice medicine does not prohibit a licensed nonresidential office-based opiate treatment facility from employing or contracting with a physician if the facility has a physician in the ownership structure of its controlling business entity and the employment relationship between the physician to be employed or contracted with and the nonresidential office-based opiate treatment facility is evidenced by a written contract or employment agreement containing language that does not restrict the physician from exercising independent professional medical judgment in diagnosing and treating patients. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 11."
description: "Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, specifies that requirement for licensure of persons who practice medicine does not prohibit a licensed nonresidential office-based opiate treatment facility from employing or contracting with a physician if the facility has a physician in the ownership structure of its controlling business entity and the employment relationship between the physician to be employed or contracted with and the nonresidential office-based opiate treatment facility is evidenced by a written contract or employment agreement containing language that does not restrict the physician from exercising independent professional medical judgment in diagnosing and treating patients. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 11."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 367"
citation: "Tennessee SB 367 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physicians and Surgeons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill M", "Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/211b7cc2-792a-448c-b41d-b871c1257ae7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0367&GA=111"
source_hash: "251b7ca3d7f8e741fa6f793e1e4b04ed63ac202a8da54e83c0520c82fe5554ef"
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 367 (111) — Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, specifies that requirement for licensure of persons who practice medicine does not prohibit a licensed nonresidential office-based opiate treatment facility from employing or contracting with a physician if the facility has a physician in the ownership structure of its controlling business entity and the employment relationship between the physician to be employed or contracted with and the nonresidential office-based opiate treatment facility is evidenced by a written contract or employment agreement containing language that does not restrict the physician from exercising independent professional medical judgment in diagnosing and treating patients. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 11.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0304** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0304.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0383.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0294.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0367.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FACILITIES, LICENSURE, & REGULATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/2/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/10/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill M — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2019-02-04** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2019-03-26** Assigned to s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0294)
- **2019-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0383) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0304) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 259
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 259

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/211b7cc2-792a-448c-b41d-b871c1257ae7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).