---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires licensing authority, upon learning a healthcare prescriber was indicted for or convicted of certain criminal offenses, to restrict or revoke, respectively, the prescriber’s ability to prescribe controlled substances; requires licensing authority to suspend the license of certain healthcare professionals upon finding the healthcare professional failed to comply with physician collaboration requirements; requires facility administrators to report certain information. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29, Chapter 26; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires licensing authority, upon learning a healthcare prescriber was indicted for or convicted of certain criminal offenses, to restrict or revoke, respectively, the prescriber’s ability to prescribe controlled substances; requires licensing authority to suspend the license of certain healthcare professionals upon finding the healthcare professional failed to comply with physician collaboration requirements; requires facility administrators to report certain information. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29, Chapter 26; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 212"
citation: "Tennessee SB 212 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Kumar"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f74f284-bac8-4df1-945b-b3a4bef9fcbe"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0212&GA=112"
source_hash: "053a0a0cb28d1a01e2742bef934515feb64af1c4f8436639b9a13d4982a2b1ae"
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 212 (112) — Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires licensing authority, upon learning a healthcare prescriber was indicted for or convicted of certain criminal offenses, to restrict or revoke, respectively, the prescriber’s ability to prescribe controlled substances; requires licensing authority to suspend the license of certain healthcare professionals upon finding the healthcare professional failed to comply with physician collaboration requirements; requires facility administrators to report certain information. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29, Chapter 26; Title 63 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0394** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0394.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0127.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0212.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/29/2021 Passed — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/6/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 5/3/2021 Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/24/2021 Passed (2) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/1/2021 Passed (1) — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021 4/26/2021 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/21/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Kumar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/3/2021
- **2021-03-03** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-17** Action deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to 3/24/21
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021
- **2021-03-30** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0127)
- **2021-04-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-14** Reset on Final cal. of Health Committee
- **2021-04-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
- **2021-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-29** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0394) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-29** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** Concurred, Ayes 28, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0394) `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21** Effective date(s) 05/18/2021
- **2021-05-21** Pub. Ch. 461
- **2021-05-21** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 461

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f74f284-bac8-4df1-945b-b3a4bef9fcbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).