---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, renames the health services and development agency as the health facilities commission; designates references to the health services and development agency in state law as references to the health facilities commission; requests the Tennessee code commission to amend references to the health services and development agency to the health facilities commission; requires the board of licensing health facilities to report to the health facilities commission instead of the department of health in the matter of licensing healthcare facilities; revises certain certificate of need provisions; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, renames the health services and development agency as the health facilities commission; designates references to the health services and development agency in state law as references to the health facilities commission; requests the Tennessee code commission to amend references to the health services and development agency to the health facilities commission; requires the board of licensing health facilities to report to the health facilities commission instead of the department of health in the matter of licensing healthcare facilities; revises certain certificate of need provisions; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2500"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2500 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "Reeves"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 60
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16973623-7c24-45d2-bfdc-c756c7e0ccad"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2500&GA=112"
source_hash: "cd25fa1ebdc1b5d2c93a68353b76e4341592e9b75ee548e6cb69c26c3f150fd3"
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 2500 (112) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, renames the health services and development agency as the health facilities commission; designates references to the health services and development agency in state law as references to the health facilities commission; requests the Tennessee code commission to amend references to the health services and development agency to the health facilities commission; requires the board of licensing health facilities to report to the health facilities commission instead of the department of health in the matter of licensing healthcare facilities; revises certain certificate of need provisions; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0786** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0786.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1014** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA1014.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0544** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0544.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0752** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0752.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0957** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0957.pdf)
6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2500.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommend for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/26/2022 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/2/2022 Passed (4) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/23/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2022 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2022 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/15/2022 (7) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)
- Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Action deferred in Senate Government Operations Committee to 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to next calendar
- **2022-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-30** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-13** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-20** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA1014) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0786) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-27** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0957)
- **2022-04-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0752)
- **2022-04-27** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0544)
- **2022-04-27** Motion to reconsider adopted. (Amendment 1 - SA0544)
- **2022-04-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0544)
- **2022-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1119
- **2022-06-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1119

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16973623-7c24-45d2-bfdc-c756c7e0ccad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).