---
type: "Bill"
title: "TennCare - As enacted, enacts the \"Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2022.\" - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5."
description: "TennCare - As enacted, enacts the \"Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2022.\" - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1985"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1985 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TennCare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Hazlewood"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/310c27c2-0a62-4817-a015-a6e8fda64231"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1985&GA=112"
source_hash: "25547eafe6949cbb6ce3eef124504e8c0bd100abaa875bc15d2b6117123c91bb"
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 1985 (112) — TennCare - As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2022." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0672** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0672.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0619** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0619.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1985.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/22/2022 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/8/2022 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2022 Passed (1) — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/31/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/15/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/23/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/9/2022 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Hazlewood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-27** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-28** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
- **2022-03-31** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-31** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0619)
- **2022-04-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-07** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0672) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 898
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/19/2022, 06/30/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 898

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/310c27c2-0a62-4817-a015-a6e8fda64231`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).