---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, revises present law relative to a patient's electronic health record and requires a health insurance entity to establish and maintain a provider access API and a prior authorization API; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 47; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, revises present law relative to a patient's electronic health record and requires a health insurance entity to establish and maintain a provider access API and a prior authorization API; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 47; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 890"
citation: "Tennessee SB 890 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/726756b9-259b-4d1b-95ee-70582bde80f1"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0890&ga=114"
source_hash: "c63b1c25a65c85115e621302a4215f20b0edec11a5adcba8204cbb0a2190cc9b"
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 890 (114) — Health Care - As enacted, revises present law relative to a patient's electronic health record and requires a health insurance entity to establish and maintain a provider access API and a prior authorization API; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 47; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0258** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0258.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0067** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0067.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0890.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/4/2025 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/13/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/25/2025
- **2025-02-25** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/4/2025
- **2025-02-25** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/4/2025
- **2025-02-25** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/4/2025
- **2025-03-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-03-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/13/2025
- **2025-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0067)
- **2025-03-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0258) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-15** Pub. Ch. 447

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/726756b9-259b-4d1b-95ee-70582bde80f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).