---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the chief officer of a facility to notify certain persons within a certain time after the death of a person admitted to the facility; requires the department to strive to ensure at least a majority of the members of each regional citizen-based planning and policy council are former service recipients or family members of service recipients; makes other changes relative to mental health and substance abuse services. - Amends TCA Section 33-2-203; Section 33-2-901; Section 33-4-109 and Section 63-1-155."
description: "Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the chief officer of a facility to notify certain persons within a certain time after the death of a person admitted to the facility; requires the department to strive to ensure at least a majority of the members of each regional citizen-based planning and policy council are former service recipients or family members of service recipients; makes other changes relative to mental health and substance abuse services. - Amends TCA Section 33-2-203; Section 33-2-901; Section 33-4-109 and Section 63-1-155."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 753"
citation: "Tennessee SB 753 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4d6ec23-40b7-4d19-8934-b33b62a488d6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0753&GA=112"
source_hash: "403240b9df62d96614351a1b5b775bc5b9e8e4e94c2d6d0cc665c2f03546ddae"
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 753 (112) — Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the chief officer of a facility to notify certain persons within a certain time after the death of a person admitted to the facility; requires the department to strive to ensure at least a majority of the members of each regional citizen-based planning and policy council are former service recipients or family members of service recipients; makes other changes relative to mental health and substance abuse services. - Amends TCA Section 33-2-203; Section 33-2-901; Section 33-4-109 and Section 63-1-155.

## 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/SB0753.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/15/2021 Passed (2) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/10/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/15/2021 3/11/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** P2C held on desk.
- **2021-01-27** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **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** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/3/2021
- **2021-02-24** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/3/2021
- **2021-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-03** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/11/2021
- **2021-03-11** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-11** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-15** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-15** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-03-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-15** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-03-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-03-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-03-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-06** Effective date(s) 03/29/2021
- **2021-04-06** Pub. Ch. 62
- **2021-04-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 62

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4d6ec23-40b7-4d19-8934-b33b62a488d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).