---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, excludes independent living facilities from regulation by the board for licensing health care facilities; sets inspection schedule for certain healthcare facilities at three years from the last inspection instead of 15 months; clarifies medication administration authority in residential homes for the aged. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-201; Section 68-11-204 and Section 68-11-210."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, excludes independent living facilities from regulation by the board for licensing health care facilities; sets inspection schedule for certain healthcare facilities at three years from the last inspection instead of 15 months; clarifies medication administration authority in residential homes for the aged. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-201; Section 68-11-204 and Section 68-11-210."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1203"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1203 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88d79960-37e2-487c-984d-09ff8068a1c4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1203&GA=110"
source_hash: "8d5f5531559e76f8c56f03c379394f978e8720584f6fb3e6ebedb487d726a734"
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 1203 (110) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, excludes independent living facilities from regulation by the board for licensing health care facilities; sets inspection schedule for certain healthcare facilities at three years from the last inspection instead of 15 months; clarifies medication administration authority in residential homes for the aged. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-201; Section 68-11-204 and Section 68-11-210.

## 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/SB1203.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 4/20/2017 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/10/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-06** Passed H., Ayes 68, Nays 20, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 242
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 242
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/02/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88d79960-37e2-487c-984d-09ff8068a1c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).