---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires the commissioner of commerce and insurance to study issues related to including screening for the hepatitis C virus as a part of preventive services or as a mandated health insurance benefit for health insurance entities regulated by the department including consideration of the benefits and costs of broad based or targeted screening for the hepatitis C virus. - Amends TCA Title 56."
description: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires the commissioner of commerce and insurance to study issues related to including screening for the hepatitis C virus as a part of preventive services or as a mandated health insurance benefit for health insurance entities regulated by the department including consideration of the benefits and costs of broad based or targeted screening for the hepatitis C virus. - Amends TCA Title 56."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2448"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2448 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Health", "Accident"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle", "Thompson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/692d88b3-b3b9-485f-8fa3-1388f3f398b3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2448&GA=110"
source_hash: "d3823a35aaa84b6e4f1e86426218056086cabb2034faa0b62e5df3049b7955f8"
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 2448 (110) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires the commissioner of commerce and insurance to study issues related to including screening for the hepatitis C virus as a part of preventive services or as a mandated health insurance benefit for health insurance entities regulated by the department including consideration of the benefits and costs of broad based or targeted screening for the hepatitis C virus. - Amends TCA Title 56.

## 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/HB2448.pdf)

## Votes

- INSURANCE AND BANKING COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee 3/7/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kyle — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Action def. in Insurance and Banking Committee to 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-23** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-26** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2018-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-29** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 721
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 721
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/692d88b3-b3b9-485f-8fa3-1388f3f398b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).