---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, rewrites the fee limits for a party requesting a patient's medical record in either paper or electronic format from a provider or the provider's third-party release of information provider. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, rewrites the fee limits for a party requesting a patient's medical record in either paper or electronic format from a provider or the provider's third-party release of information provider. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 495"
citation: "Tennessee HB 495 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b245fbd8-328e-49e5-9be4-379553cca6d4"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0495&ga=114"
source_hash: "22144b932085567e0111b32cf415a8ebdaf0dd207bda1118ef3b6990b3a43059"
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 495 (114) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, rewrites the fee limits for a party requesting a patient's medical record in either paper or electronic format from a provider or the provider's third-party release of information provider. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0180** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0180.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0157** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0157.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0495.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2025 3/27/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/25/2025 Passed (3) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/19/2025 Passed (4) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2025 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/27/2025
- **2025-03-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2025
- **2025-03-31** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-31** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0180) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0157)
- **2025-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-08** Pub. Ch. 339

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b245fbd8-328e-49e5-9be4-379553cca6d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).