---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, authorizes a hospital, or an affiliated entity of the hospital, to employ an emergency physician to treat patients at a satellite emergency department, or a physician to treat patients at a primary care clinic or urgent care clinic, which is located in this state, if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 11."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, authorizes a hospital, or an affiliated entity of the hospital, to employ an emergency physician to treat patients at a satellite emergency department, or a physician to treat patients at a primary care clinic or urgent care clinic, which is located in this state, if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 11."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 560"
citation: "Tennessee SB 560 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b4a6223-ba9c-4c69-a6d2-47dd038ef8cf"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0560&GA=113"
source_hash: "ef188d9e7e64ff5253ef30012acab4702a7652f935048048503211b77ad37ba1"
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 560 (113) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, authorizes a hospital, or an affiliated entity of the hospital, to employ an emergency physician to treat patients at a satellite emergency department, or a physician to treat patients at a primary care clinic or urgent care clinic, which is located in this state, if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 11.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0243** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0243.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0244** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0244.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0131** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0131.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0248** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0248.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0560.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/30/2023 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/15/2023 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2023 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-22** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/8/2023
- **2023-03-01** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/8/2023
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/15/2023
- **2023-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/15/2023
- **2023-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/27/2023
- **2023-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/30/2023
- **2023-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0248)
- **2023-03-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0131)
- **2023-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-03** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0244) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-04-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0243) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-04-03** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 196

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b4a6223-ba9c-4c69-a6d2-47dd038ef8cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).