---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, establishes a procedure for the recognition of hospitals with stroke-related designations; establishes other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, establishes a procedure for the recognition of hospitals with stroke-related designations; establishes other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2513"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2513 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "Ramsey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/699d3760-b96f-4681-8e72-068075e6ef3e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2513&GA=110"
source_hash: "cca54bbca19a533fe4e2a525aea4cfb3a30b74fd8ce91780cca8b564415f68f1"
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 2513 (110) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, establishes a procedure for the recognition of hospitals with stroke-related designations; establishes other related provisions. - Amends TCA 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/SB2513.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/28/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2018 PASSED (1) — **87–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/8/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ketron — primary (person)
- Ramsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-08** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0672)
- **2018-03-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-29** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0728) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-29** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-29** Comp. SB subst.
- **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** Pub. Ch. 722
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018; 07/01/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 722

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/699d3760-b96f-4681-8e72-068075e6ef3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).