---
type: "Bill"
title: "TennCare - As enacted, requires an administrative judge or hearing officer to grant a nursing facility's motion to intervene in the appeal of a resident or former resident's eligibility, absent certain showings. - Amends TCA Title 71."
description: "TennCare - As enacted, requires an administrative judge or hearing officer to grant a nursing facility's motion to intervene in the appeal of a resident or former resident's eligibility, absent certain showings. - Amends TCA Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 2502"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2502 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TennCare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Hawk"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9a58f53-160f-46a7-b644-2d1be311b60f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2502&GA=111"
source_hash: "aab3af9378d7f3d2640c6fe6af3936dd61278c547c8f0e2e29de884b08c4dab1"
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 2502 (111) — TennCare - As enacted, requires an administrative judge or hearing officer to grant a nursing facility's motion to intervene in the appeal of a resident or former resident's eligibility, absent certain showings. - Amends TCA Title 71.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0709** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0709.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0766** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0766.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0596** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0596.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB2502.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/2/2020 5/29/2020 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/3/2020 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TENNCARE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 2/26/2020 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/12/2020 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY CLEMMONS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/3/2020 Passed (2) — **68–26** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/9/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Hawk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** Intro. `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P1C.
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-10** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2020-02-11** Assigned to s/c TennCare Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal TennCare Subcommittee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Action def. in Insurance Committee to 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-05** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-03-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-12** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0596)
- **2020-03-16** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-05-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/29/2020
- **2020-05-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/2/2020
- **2020-06-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-03** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-03** Am. tabled. (Amendment 2 - HA0766) `amendment-deferral`
- **2020-06-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0709) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-08** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 750
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 750
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/22/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9a58f53-160f-46a7-b644-2d1be311b60f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).