---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires coverage for refills of prescription eye drops in certain situations. - Amends TCA Title 56."
description: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires coverage for refills of prescription eye drops in certain situations. - Amends TCA Title 56."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 18"
citation: "Tennessee HB 18 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Health", "Accident"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d887b04-7dfd-450c-b230-a109c33b394e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0018&GA=110"
source_hash: "c2416558ae7a8aa3650391c055b7961eeeaf42a8353de92eadfcfbe1aa4a8f42"
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 18 (110) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires coverage for refills of prescription eye drops in certain situations. - Amends TCA Title 56.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0018.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2017 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/28/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017 3/30/2017 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee 3/22/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2017 Passed (1) — **25–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-01-12** ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** P2C held on desk pending appointment of standing committees
- **2017-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-03** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0082) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 3, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0111)
- **2017-04-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-17** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-18** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 232
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 04/28/2017
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 232

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d887b04-7dfd-450c-b230-a109c33b394e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).