---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires all hospitals and birthing centers to provide information on post-birth warning signs, including symptoms and resources, to a mother and, if possible, to the mother's caregiver or at least one of the mother's family members prior to discharge following a birth; requires the department to provide all hospitals and birthing centers with information on post-birth warning signs, including symptoms and resources, and to have the information available on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 68."
description: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires all hospitals and birthing centers to provide information on post-birth warning signs, including symptoms and resources, to a mother and, if possible, to the mother's caregiver or at least one of the mother's family members prior to discharge following a birth; requires the department to provide all hospitals and birthing centers with information on post-birth warning signs, including symptoms and resources, and to have the information available on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 572"
citation: "Tennessee HB 572 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hemmer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3172a10e-c890-4346-9156-e069cce862d2"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0572&ga=114"
source_hash: "a2cd8ac138c2f538b3fa1a9293d2c8b5a64d41195e9a99a47cb5d797728c7f37"
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 572 (114) — Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires all hospitals and birthing centers to provide information on post-birth warning signs, including symptoms and resources, to a mother and, if possible, to the mother's caregiver or at least one of the mother's family members prior to discharge following a birth; requires the department to provide all hospitals and birthing centers with information on post-birth warning signs, including symptoms and resources, and to have the information available on the department's website. - 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/HB0572.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/25/2025 Passed (3) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/3/2025 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- POPULATION HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/18/2025 Passed (4) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/3/2025 2/27/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hemmer — 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 Population Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Population Health Subcommittee for 2/18/2025
- **2025-02-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/25/2025
- **2025-02-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2025
- **2025-02-27** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/3/2025
- **2025-03-03** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-04-04** Pub. Ch. 99

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3172a10e-c890-4346-9156-e069cce862d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).