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type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, expands to include pharmacists in the prohibition on discrimination by managed health insurance issuers against optometrists, ophthalmologists, podiatrists, and chiropractors solely on the basis of their license or certification, if such providers are acting within the scope of their license or certification. - Amends TCA Section 56-32-129."
description: "Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, expands to include pharmacists in the prohibition on discrimination by managed health insurance issuers against optometrists, ophthalmologists, podiatrists, and chiropractors solely on the basis of their license or certification, if such providers are acting within the scope of their license or certification. - Amends TCA Section 56-32-129."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 405"
citation: "Tennessee HB 405 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacy", "Pharmacists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Terry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19f65463-e8b0-4cc9-b68b-2ba180e6d0bf"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0405&GA=110"
source_hash: "4e24f8cef8eb01b7667dac2841b866d00bfc73071ecdaed9db4d0f703f206601"
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 405 (110) — Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, expands to include pharmacists in the prohibition on discrimination by managed health insurance issuers against optometrists, ophthalmologists, podiatrists, and chiropractors solely on the basis of their license or certification, if such providers are acting within the scope of their license or certification. - Amends TCA Section 56-32-129.
## 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/HB0405.pdf)
## Votes
- INSURANCE AND BANKING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee 3/1/2017 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/14/2017 — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2017 3/16/2017 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bell — primary (person)
- Terry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Action def. in Insurance and Banking Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-20** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-20** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-21** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-03-31** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 82
- **2017-04-11** Pub. Ch. 82
- **2017-04-11** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19f65463-e8b0-4cc9-b68b-2ba180e6d0bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).