---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires regional medical communication centers to provide monthly data to the commissioner regarding the number of flight requests rejected by a vendor and the patient volumes transported into the covered region; requires the commissioner to monthly post the data to the department's website in a manner accessible to the public. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68."
description: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires regional medical communication centers to provide monthly data to the commissioner regarding the number of flight requests rejected by a vendor and the patient volumes transported into the covered region; requires the commissioner to monthly post the data to the department's website in a manner accessible to the public. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 626"
citation: "Tennessee SB 626 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sparks", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/763e68fa-7558-4cb7-b6b6-63dfd259eb9c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0626&GA=111"
source_hash: "9ea9f5ee0d9252d2c55cafee456c9d8f9f95761273d9a11a5927d73e53af14dc"
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 626 (111) — Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires regional medical communication centers to provide monthly data to the commissioner regarding the number of flight requests rejected by a vendor and the patient volumes transported into the covered region; requires the commissioner to monthly post the data to the department's website in a manner accessible to the public. - Amends TCA Title 4 and 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/111/Bill/SB0626.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FACILITIES, LICENSURE, & REGULATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/26/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/27/2019 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/4/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sparks — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-01** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/4/2019
- **2019-03-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Assigned to s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/19
- **2019-04-22** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2019-04-23** Reset on cal. for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-30** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 380
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 380

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/763e68fa-7558-4cb7-b6b6-63dfd259eb9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).