---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, adds clinical informatics, lifestyle medicine, and medical virtualist to the list of words or abbreviations that a person may attach to a name to indicate or induce another person to believe that the person is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, adds clinical informatics, lifestyle medicine, and medical virtualist to the list of words or abbreviations that a person may attach to a name to indicate or induce another person to believe that the person is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1753"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1753 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81543a7e-49d8-4ea8-8149-74976df0eeb5"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1753&ga=114"
source_hash: "0af2041c859e50bf1122393e7f8b234efe324ca05a5722997d092e45acb2669a"
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 SB 1753 (114) — Health Care - As enacted, adds clinical informatics, lifestyle medicine, and medical virtualist to the list of words or abbreviations that a person may attach to a name to indicate or induce another person to believe that the person is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0721** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0721.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0465** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0465.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1753.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2026 Passed (1) — **84–1** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/4/2026 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/9/2026 Passed (2) — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/4/2026
- **2026-02-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-02-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/9/2026
- **2026-02-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 2, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-02-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0465)
- **2026-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-03-23** Passed H., as am., Ayes 84, Nays 1, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2026-03-23** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0721) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-23** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-03-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/30/2026
- **2026-03-30** Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0721) `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-28** Effective date(s) 04/14/2026
- **2026-04-28** Pub. Ch. 697

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81543a7e-49d8-4ea8-8149-74976df0eeb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).