---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Health Services and Planning Act of 2021,\" which revises various provisions of and renames the Tennessee Health Services and Planning Act of 2002. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Health Services and Planning Act of 2021,\" which revises various provisions of and renames the Tennessee Health Services and Planning Act of 2002. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 948"
citation: "Tennessee HB 948 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "Reeves"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 69
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb1e5f67-769f-4a04-94e8-eb52b3df4290"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0948&GA=112"
source_hash: "e36bfd2221b5f02d3823ea66be43ac9ad98a1c0e6be6f501198245a72ac1ed85"
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 948 (112) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Health Services and Planning Act of 2021," which revises various provisions of and renames the Tennessee Health Services and Planning Act of 2002. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0328** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0328.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0452** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0452.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0466** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0466.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0088** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0088.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0447** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0447.pdf)
6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0948.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/5/2021 Passed (1) — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **76–13** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (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 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/17/2021 Passed (3) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/6/2021 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 1 PNV 0 5/4/2021 Passed (2) — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-03-02** Refer to Senate Health & Welfare Committee
- **2021-03-02** Recalled from Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
- **2021-03-08** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2021-03-23** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2021-03-23** Sponsor change.
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-30** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-22** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/27/21
- **2021-04-27** Placed behind the budget
- **2021-04-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-28** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-05-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 76, Nays 13, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0466) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0452) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0328) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/5/2021
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee, Ayes 9, Nays 1
- **2021-05-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0447)
- **2021-05-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0088)
- **2021-05-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-05-05** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-05-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 05/26/2021, 10/01/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 557
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 557

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb1e5f67-769f-4a04-94e8-eb52b3df4290`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).