---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, establishes certain requirements and procedures to be followed when a patient who is an inpatient at a healthcare facility, or seeking services from emergency department, expresses to a healthcare provider a recent threat or attempt at suicide or infliction of bodily harm to themselves. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, establishes certain requirements and procedures to be followed when a patient who is an inpatient at a healthcare facility, or seeking services from emergency department, expresses to a healthcare provider a recent threat or attempt at suicide or infliction of bodily harm to themselves. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 615"
citation: "Tennessee SB 615 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Hall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bd7bef9-62d0-441e-b6f8-bcc90fb1b933"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0615&GA=112"
source_hash: "dcc6f293b79378b9965b341740e25066dd1c6d6ea3d090510a37879d0ad50d35"
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 615 (112) — Health Care - As enacted, establishes certain requirements and procedures to be followed when a patient who is an inpatient at a healthcare facility, or seeking services from emergency department, expresses to a healthcare provider a recent threat or attempt at suicide or infliction of bodily harm to themselves. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0213** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0213.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0199** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0199.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0615.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2021 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/31/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/23/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-15** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/16/2021
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2021-02-16** Meeting Canceled
- **2021-02-17** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/23/2021
- **2021-02-23** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/2/2021
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-03-02** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. H&W Comm. 3-31-21
- **2021-03-31** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0199)
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0213) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Effective date(s) 7/1/2021
- **2021-05-04** Pub. Ch. 259
- **2021-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 259

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bd7bef9-62d0-441e-b6f8-bcc90fb1b933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).