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type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, requires a healthcare provider to provide to a patient or the patient’s authorized representative a full copy of the patient’s medical records within 10 working days of receipt of a written request by the patient or representative, instead of providing a full copy or a summary of the records; requires a healthcare provider to provide to a principal or an attorney in fact acting pursuant to a durable power of attorney for health care a full copy of the principal’s medical records within 10 working days of receipt of a written request by the principal or attorney in fact, instead of providing a full copy or a summary of the records. - Amends TCA Title 34; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, requires a healthcare provider to provide to a patient or the patient’s authorized representative a full copy of the patient’s medical records within 10 working days of receipt of a written request by the patient or representative, instead of providing a full copy or a summary of the records; requires a healthcare provider to provide to a principal or an attorney in fact acting pursuant to a durable power of attorney for health care a full copy of the principal’s medical records within 10 working days of receipt of a written request by the principal or attorney in fact, instead of providing a full copy or a summary of the records. - Amends TCA Title 34; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1766"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1766 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9892424-ff98-4ac8-b11c-9426e53a7d8d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1766&GA=113"
source_hash: "ffae988de3cd58be3c846cbef97c0ff88034b2187b8800346ca6250fe49fec07"
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 1766 (113) — Health Care - As enacted, requires a healthcare provider to provide to a patient or the patient’s authorized representative a full copy of the patient’s medical records within 10 working days of receipt of a written request by the patient or representative, instead of providing a full copy or a summary of the records; requires a healthcare provider to provide to a principal or an attorney in fact acting pursuant to a durable power of attorney for health care a full copy of the principal’s medical records within 10 working days of receipt of a written request by the principal or attorney in fact, instead of providing a full copy or a summary of the records. - Amends TCA Title 34; Title 63 and Title 68.

## 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/SB1766.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/25/2024 Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/19/2024 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/19/2024 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/25/2024 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-03-22** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/25/2024
- **2024-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2024-03-25** Motion to lift from the table adopted.
- **2024-03-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-09** Pub. Ch. 831

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9892424-ff98-4ac8-b11c-9426e53a7d8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).