---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - As enacted, removes references to conditions of participation from Medicare and Medicaid in the title definitions of \"governmental entity\" and \"private business\" that apply to certain statutes related to addressing COVID-19. - Amends TCA Title 14."
description: "Public Health - As enacted, removes references to conditions of participation from Medicare and Medicaid in the title definitions of \"governmental entity\" and \"private business\" that apply to certain statutes related to addressing COVID-19. - Amends TCA Title 14."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1789"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1789 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Kumar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a8e680f-fe39-4a14-95d1-4ff965b8941d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1789&GA=112"
source_hash: "8a3a1984fb6ac54de69ce126a9af4e19cdb97c62df511c129a4dee3cffc2a66f"
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 1789 (112) — Public Health - As enacted, removes references to conditions of participation from Medicare and Medicaid in the title definitions of "governmental entity" and "private business" that apply to certain statutes related to addressing COVID-19. - Amends TCA Title 14.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1789.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022 3/10/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/7/2022 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/2/2022 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/1/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2022 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Kumar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2022-01-26** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/2/2022
- **2022-02-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/7/2022
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-02-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-07** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2022-02-09** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-31** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/31/2022
- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 756
- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 756

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a8e680f-fe39-4a14-95d1-4ff965b8941d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).