---
type: "Bill"
title: "Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As enacted, exempts from licensure requirements person providing direct care services to no more than three people receiving services through consumer direction in a medicaid home- and community-based services program. - Amends TCA Section 33-2-402 and Section 33-2-403."
description: "Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As enacted, exempts from licensure requirements person providing direct care services to no more than three people receiving services through consumer direction in a medicaid home- and community-based services program. - Amends TCA Section 33-2-402 and Section 33-2-403."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 807"
citation: "Tennessee SB 807 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2f228d3-1d5a-4eaf-a006-3548643e777d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0807&GA=111"
source_hash: "2b8cfb42a0d68272bbb3a26b70f7756c8837fe16c3b6ebf103533c2eed3b7f70"
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 807 (111) — Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As enacted, exempts from licensure requirements person providing direct care services to no more than three people receiving services through consumer direction in a medicaid home- and community-based services program. - Amends TCA Section 33-2-402 and Section 33-2-403.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0036** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0036.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0038** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0038.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0807.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/27/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2019 3/7/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2019 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/28/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/20/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/25/2019
- **2019-02-25** Senate Reset on calendar for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0038)
- **2019-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0036) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-03-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-14** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 89
- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 04/04/2019
- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 89

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2f228d3-1d5a-4eaf-a006-3548643e777d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).