---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, authorizes certain public hospitals in Shelby and Davidson counties, upon approval of the respective hospital's governing body, to establish a state employee and retiree healthcare incentive program that will allow for the waiver of applicable out-of-pocket expenses associated with medical, surgical, or mental health care at the public hospital, including deductibles, except those deductibles associated with a high deductible plan, copays, and co-insurance, for state employees and retirees and their covered dependents participating in the state group insurance plan under the bill. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, authorizes certain public hospitals in Shelby and Davidson counties, upon approval of the respective hospital's governing body, to establish a state employee and retiree healthcare incentive program that will allow for the waiver of applicable out-of-pocket expenses associated with medical, surgical, or mental health care at the public hospital, including deductibles, except those deductibles associated with a high deductible plan, copays, and co-insurance, for state employees and retirees and their covered dependents participating in the state group insurance plan under the bill. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2007"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2007 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c303c71a-7d30-492d-bba2-4e2c971fd458"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2007&GA=113"
source_hash: "a45402afef871d906bf34d297a85f1dab9cb52048c6312838d0b32fc5ac98653"
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 2007 (113) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, authorizes certain public hospitals in Shelby and Davidson counties, upon approval of the respective hospital's governing body, to establish a state employee and retiree healthcare incentive program that will allow for the waiver of applicable out-of-pocket expenses associated with medical, surgical, or mental health care at the public hospital, including deductibles, except those deductibles associated with a high deductible plan, copays, and co-insurance, for state employees and retirees and their covered dependents participating in the state group insurance plan under the bill. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0956** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0956.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0888** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0888.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2007.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/27/2024 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/18/2024 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — **94–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-19** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-20** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/26/2024
- **2024-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-04-04** Refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-04-04** Recalled from Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2024-04-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/10/2024
- **2024-04-10** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024
- **2024-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/18/2024
- **2024-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0888)
- **2024-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 2, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0956) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-31** Pub. Ch. 1036

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c303c71a-7d30-492d-bba2-4e2c971fd458`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).