---
type: "Bill"
title: "TennCare - As enacted, extends the nursing home annual assessment fee to June 30, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "TennCare - As enacted, extends the nursing home annual assessment fee to June 30, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 557"
citation: "Tennessee HB 557 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TennCare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "Johnson C"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef5edf75-8349-42d6-8bcc-55f46bed9c86"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0557&GA=111"
source_hash: "1432676fc03966311710d1d521a5b23d9d796e72ea08af6ed3a9ec20a7db52d2"
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 557 (111) — TennCare - As enacted, extends the nursing home annual assessment fee to June 30, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0228.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0304** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0304.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0557.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE TENNCARE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/27/2019 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/2/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/10/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/23/2019 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/18/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **92–2** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/10/2019 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)
- Johnson C — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2019-03-13** Assigned to s/c TennCare Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal TennCare Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0228) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0304)
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 423
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 423

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef5edf75-8349-42d6-8bcc-55f46bed9c86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).