--- type: "Bill" title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, classifies certain types of records received by the department of health or the attorney general and reporter from the recipients or applicants of a certificate of public advantage for a cooperative agreement issued under the Hospital Cooperation Act of 1993 as not subject to disclosure under the public records law. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 13." description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, classifies certain types of records received by the department of health or the attorney general and reporter from the recipients or applicants of a certificate of public advantage for a cooperative agreement issued under the Hospital Cooperation Act of 1993 as not subject to disclosure under the public records law. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 13." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "110" identifier: "SB 2048" citation: "Tennessee SB 2048 (110)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "Hicks"] version_count: 1 action_count: 41 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2018-01-30" last_action: "2018-05-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ad5f537-3c51-45ef-a376-ca5032695a3b" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2048&GA=110" source_hash: "5df1b1231376c6fd07807b63816e517c01b3f86fcfde43a0ea305644029ad3c5" 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 2048 (110) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, classifies certain types of records received by the department of health or the attorney general and reporter from the recipients or applicants of a certificate of public advantage for a cooperative agreement issued under the Hospital Cooperation Act of 1993 as not subject to disclosure under the public records law. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 13. ## 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/SB2048.pdf) ## Votes - SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/7/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper - FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2018 PASSED (1) — **93–1** (fail) · lower ## Sponsors - Crowe — primary (person) - Hicks — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction` - **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee - **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee` - **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2018 - **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/7/2018 - **2018-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/7/2018 - **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 - **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/14/2018 - **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/21/2018 - **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/21/2018 - **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/22/2018 - **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/27/2018 - **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee` - **2018-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - **2018-03-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage` - **2018-03-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0731) - **2018-03-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. - **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2018 - **2018-04-04** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-04-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018 - **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018 - **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018 - **2018-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage` - **2018-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1016) `amendment-withdrawal` - **2018-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB. - **2018-04-17** Comp. SB subst. - **2018-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures - **2018-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker - **2018-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2018-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. - **2018-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 916 - **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 05/01/2018 - **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 916 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ad5f537-3c51-45ef-a376-ca5032695a3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).