---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, specifies that a good faith disclosure of information related to an activity of a quality improvement committee (QIC) made by a healthcare provider or healthcare organization to a patient or a family member of a patient is not a waiver of the privilege and confidentiality protections provider under current law if made in an open discussion; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, specifies that a good faith disclosure of information related to an activity of a quality improvement committee (QIC) made by a healthcare provider or healthcare organization to a patient or a family member of a patient is not a waiver of the privilege and confidentiality protections provider under current law if made in an open discussion; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2259"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2259 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Helton-Haynes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60a417fe-c088-4a74-b459-2a8c08cdf66f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2259&ga=114"
source_hash: "cb8962a3cfd573fa82b8306e862382cfad93161818b99e722cfec9220036e5c3"
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 2259 (114) — Health Care - As enacted, specifies that a good faith disclosure of information related to an activity of a quality improvement committee (QIC) made by a healthcare provider or healthcare organization to a patient or a family member of a patient is not a waiver of the privilege and confidentiality protections provider under current law if made in an open discussion; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0949** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0949.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0968** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0968.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2259.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Helton-Haynes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-11** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-18** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/31/2026
- **2026-03-25** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-31** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
- **2026-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 5, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-04-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0949) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0968)
- **2026-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date(s) 05/19/2026
- **2026-05-26** Pub. Ch. 1019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60a417fe-c088-4a74-b459-2a8c08cdf66f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).