---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, increases the amount of personal needs allowance from $50 to $70 for long-term nursing home residents. - Amends TCA Title 71."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, increases the amount of personal needs allowance from $50 to $70 for long-term nursing home residents. - Amends TCA Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2321"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2321 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hazlewood"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91241e8b-f61a-406e-bed0-bd72004dc776"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2321&GA=113"
source_hash: "4a54645bb87bdb69c894c171760384db0e12214b9a3e03ea28f80a8d38fdb566"
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 2321 (113) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, increases the amount of personal needs allowance from $50 to $70 for long-term nursing home residents. - Amends TCA Title 71.

## 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/113/Bill/HB2321.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/21/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/13/2024 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/13/2024 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/21/2024 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/18/2024 4/17/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2024 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hazlewood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/6/2024
- **2024-03-06** Placed behind the budget
- **2024-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024
- **2024-04-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/18/2024
- **2024-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-04-18** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-30** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
- **2024-05-29** Pub. Ch. 986

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91241e8b-f61a-406e-bed0-bd72004dc776`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).