---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, lowers the age of an inpatient from 65 to 50 or older when a hospital, each year from October 1 through March 1, must offer immunization against influenza disease prior to discharge; requires a hospital to offer immunization against pneumococcal disease to an inpatient aged 50 or older prior to discharge. - Amends TCA Title 68."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, lowers the age of an inpatient from 65 to 50 or older when a hospital, each year from October 1 through March 1, must offer immunization against influenza disease prior to discharge; requires a hospital to offer immunization against pneumococcal disease to an inpatient aged 50 or older prior to discharge. - Amends TCA Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2569"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2569 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kumar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aac92d3-c9e0-467c-a174-4894e0817481"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2569&ga=114"
source_hash: "88712ac57ba3a23bc26aac8310ff5456be4cd6bffcf66c382fcd9e6f7167b0f6"
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 2569 (114) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, lowers the age of an inpatient from 65 to 50 or older when a hospital, each year from October 1 through March 1, must offer immunization against influenza disease prior to discharge; requires a hospital to offer immunization against pneumococcal disease to an inpatient aged 50 or older prior to discharge. - Amends TCA Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2569.pdf)

## Votes

- POPULATION HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/10/2026 Passed (3) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/14/2026 Passed (1) — **29–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2026 Passed — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2026 Passed (1) — **62–22** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar 4/2/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kumar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2026-02-10** Assigned to s/c Population Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on s/c cal Population Health Subcommittee for 3/3/2026
- **2026-03-03** Action Def. in s/c Population Health Subcommittee to 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Population Health Subcommittee for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-10** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-17** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-24** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/31/2026
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/31/2026
- **2026-03-31** Rec. for pass; 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 Consent Calendar for 4/6/2026
- **2026-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2026
- **2026-04-06** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2026-04-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 62, Nays 22, PNV 10 `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 922

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5aac92d3-c9e0-467c-a174-4894e0817481`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).