---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, adds neonatal care as a component of the department of health's plan for perinatal care; adds a reporting requirement for the Bureau of TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 8."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, adds neonatal care as a component of the department of health's plan for perinatal care; adds a reporting requirement for the Bureau of TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1470"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1470 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdae8b54-2d10-4a2d-8675-c03beab825bb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1470&GA=111"
source_hash: "251f2a0ec18b326340833bcb7ce77d8b82bcd3006b8572d0dfeb440cc9b930c7"
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 1470 (111) — Health Care - As enacted, adds neonatal care as a component of the department of health's plan for perinatal care; adds a reporting requirement for the Bureau of TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 8.

## 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/111/Bill/SB1470.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/20/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/10/2019 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2019 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Public Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Public Health Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 240
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 240
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdae8b54-2d10-4a2d-8675-c03beab825bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).