---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Illness - As enacted, adds community mental health centers to definition of healthcare organization in order to add them to quality improvement committees. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Mental Illness - As enacted, adds community mental health centers to definition of healthcare organization in order to add them to quality improvement committees. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1795"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1795 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Illness"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e020d768-74ae-446c-be67-2188db33406e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1795&GA=110"
source_hash: "fe78c2e653798d391c2dd17aa5c3bb600c2427440ec7ba0f19fcc33f83d10ae6"
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 1795 (110) — Mental Illness - As enacted, adds community mental health centers to definition of healthcare organization in order to add them to quality improvement committees. - Amends TCA Title 33; 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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1795.pdf)

## Votes

- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/8/2018 3/1/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/14/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Farmer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-20** Action def. in Health Committee to 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
- **2018-02-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-02** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-08** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-08** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 593
- **2018-03-26** Pub. Ch. 593
- **2018-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/22/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e020d768-74ae-446c-be67-2188db33406e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).