---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, clarifies, for the purposes of regulation of health and related facilities, what constitutes \"home health services.\" - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, clarifies, for the purposes of regulation of health and related facilities, what constitutes \"home health services.\" - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1853"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1853 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/586c3fc4-c8cd-4a95-badb-dc309eef82c2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1853&GA=113"
source_hash: "f289cf333b67eb6388cab60739413bfb54fbe207a17ca2c8ae9d121cbd5b90dd"
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 1853 (113) — Health Care - As enacted, clarifies, for the purposes of regulation of health and related facilities, what constitutes "home health services." - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0715** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0715.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0814** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0814.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1853.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2024 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2024 3/21/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/28/2024 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/5/2024 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2024
- **2024-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2024
- **2024-03-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0715) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0814)
- **2024-03-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-01** Pub. Ch. 741

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/586c3fc4-c8cd-4a95-badb-dc309eef82c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).