---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, requires nursing homes and assisted-care living facilities to permit at least one family member or resident representative who meets certain conditions to visit a resident of the facility during end-of-life situations if a disaster, emergency, or public health emergency for COVID-19 has been declared. - Amends TCA Title 14 and Title 68, Chapter 11."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, requires nursing homes and assisted-care living facilities to permit at least one family member or resident representative who meets certain conditions to visit a resident of the facility during end-of-life situations if a disaster, emergency, or public health emergency for COVID-19 has been declared. - Amends TCA Title 14 and Title 68, Chapter 11."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2574"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2574 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Crowe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ba642a5-809a-4f97-a855-8e423596c4db"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2574&GA=112"
source_hash: "948479bac165039d916148dccef08c7c375ff71f0253378f5422759b9a43303f"
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 2574 (112) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, requires nursing homes and assisted-care living facilities to permit at least one family member or resident representative who meets certain conditions to visit a resident of the facility during end-of-life situations if a disaster, emergency, or public health emergency for COVID-19 has been declared. - Amends TCA Title 14 and Title 68, Chapter 11.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0890** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0890.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0621** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0621.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2574.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/9/2022 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/15/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)
- Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor change.
- **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** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** No Action Taken
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **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
- **2022-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-21** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0621)
- **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Action def. in Health Committee to 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-13** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2022-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **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
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0890) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** 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** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1123
- **2022-06-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1123

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ba642a5-809a-4f97-a855-8e423596c4db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).