---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, extends the Nursing Home Assessment Trust Fund by one year, to terminate on June 30, 2018, and revises certain long-term care provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, extends the Nursing Home Assessment Trust Fund by one year, to terminate on June 30, 2018, and revises certain long-term care provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "Tennessee SB 185 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Overbey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4f1ff52-8f79-450a-b822-a17ff0415aa6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0185&GA=110"
source_hash: "5b26d30c651bd92ac05b36e545c8ed98fe5b92bbbc98be303f21e07154c628de"
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 185 (110) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, extends the Nursing Home Assessment Trust Fund by one year, to terminate on June 30, 2018, and revises certain long-term care provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

## 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/SB0185.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/5/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2017 Passed — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/25/2017 Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 5/1/2017 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Overbey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-06** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-18** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-19** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-24** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-24** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4-25-17
- **2017-04-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-05-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0318)
- **2017-05-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0495)
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0549) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0298) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 377
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 377

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4f1ff52-8f79-450a-b822-a17ff0415aa6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).