---
type: "Bill"
title: "TennCare - As enacted, prohibits certain individuals from being considered ineligible to receive payment for providing TennCare medicaid-reimbursed home- and community-based long-term care services to an individual eligible to receive such services on the basis that the individual providing care and the individual receiving care reside in the same home. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "TennCare - As enacted, prohibits certain individuals from being considered ineligible to receive payment for providing TennCare medicaid-reimbursed home- and community-based long-term care services to an individual eligible to receive such services on the basis that the individual providing care and the individual receiving care reside in the same home. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1939"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1939 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TennCare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parkinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb852524-f72b-4548-b30e-3a1cccae43ae"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1939&GA=113"
source_hash: "c5330f9a19e757018ca8216765122b14b2c74661d427470d5187d9ef41b442d3"
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 1939 (113) — TennCare - As enacted, prohibits certain individuals from being considered ineligible to receive payment for providing TennCare medicaid-reimbursed home- and community-based long-term care services to an individual eligible to receive such services on the basis that the individual providing care and the individual receiving care reside in the same home. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0574** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0574.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0570** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0570.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1939.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed (1) — **85–2** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 2/13/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024 2/29/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/7/2024 Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/7/2024 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Parkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** P2C, ref. to Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-20** Action def. in Insurance Committee to 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/29/2024
- **2024-02-29** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024
- **2024-03-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 2, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0574) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0570)
- **2024-03-07** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-03-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-03-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-03** Effective date(s) 03/27/2024
- **2024-04-03** Pub. Ch. 621

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb852524-f72b-4548-b30e-3a1cccae43ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).