republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-2001.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TennCare - As enacted, specifies that a healthcare provider must not be required to pay the portion of the risk sharing payment that is attributable to the increased cost of pain relief services under any payment reform initiative involving the use of episodes of care with respect to TennCare, if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 71."
description: "TennCare - As enacted, specifies that a healthcare provider must not be required to pay the portion of the risk sharing payment that is attributable to the increased cost of pain relief services under any payment reform initiative involving the use of episodes of care with respect to TennCare, if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2001"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2001 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TennCare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Terry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c97ff64-b015-4584-8458-a487014981a8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2001&GA=110"
source_hash: "d69b431fab25d473b1f6c550db8af078bfa7c96219e8f1c95f4c9ab8ecb75d3d"
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 2001 (110) — TennCare - As enacted, specifies that a healthcare provider must not be required to pay the portion of the risk sharing payment that is attributable to the increased cost of pain relief services under any payment reform initiative involving the use of episodes of care with respect to TennCare, if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA 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/HB2001.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/20/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2018 4/5/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/28/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/14/2018 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Terry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Reset on Final cal. of Health Subcommittee
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Reset on cal. for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-11** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0810)
- **2018-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0935) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 843
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 843
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c97ff64-b015-4584-8458-a487014981a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).