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Bill Mental Illness - As enacted, requires the department of finance and administration, in consultation with the department of mental health and substance abuse services and the division of TennCare, to develop and administer a grant program to assist sheriffs who are required by law to transport persons who have been certified by a health care professional for transport to a hospital or treatment resource for a mental health examination to determine whether the person should be involuntarily admitted; authorizes hospitals and treatment resources to conduct a mental health examination to determine whether a person should be involuntarily admitted via telehealth services. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21; Title 8, Chapter 42; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 13, Chapter 26; Title 29, Chapter 20; Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 33, Chapter 6; Title 33, Chapter 7; Title 37, Chapter 1; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Mental Illness - As enacted, requires the department of finance and administration, in consultation with the department of mental health and substance abuse services and the division of TennCare, to develop and administer a grant program to assist sheriffs who are required by law to transport persons who have been certified by a health care professional for transport to a hospital or treatment resource for a mental health examination to determine whether the person should be involuntarily admitted; authorizes hospitals and treatment resources to conduct a mental health examination to determine whether a person should be involuntarily admitted via telehealth services. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21; Title 8, Chapter 42; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 13, Chapter 26; Title 29, Chapter 20; Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 33, Chapter 6; Title 33, Chapter 7; Title 37, Chapter 1; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 111 HB 643 Tennessee HB 643 (111)
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Tennessee HB 643 (111) — Mental Illness - As enacted, requires the department of finance and administration, in consultation with the department of mental health and substance abuse services and the division of TennCare, to develop and administer a grant program to assist sheriffs who are required by law to transport persons who have been certified by a health care professional for transport to a hospital or treatment resource for a mental health examination to determine whether the person should be involuntarily admitted; authorizes hospitals and treatment resources to conduct a mental health examination to determine whether a person should be involuntarily admitted via telehealth services. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21; Title 8, Chapter 42; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 13, Chapter 26; Title 29, Chapter 20; Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 33, Chapter 6; Title 33, Chapter 7; Title 37, Chapter 1; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0387 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0296 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/18/2019 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — 940 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/16/2019 (5) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/30/2019 Passed (2) — 100 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/10/2019 Passed (3) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2019 (4) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2019 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/3/2019 (6) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Carter — primary (person)
  • Gardenhire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-04 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
  • 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
  • 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2019-02-06 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
  • 2019-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
  • 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2019-03-06 Placed on s/c cal Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
  • 2019-03-13 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee of Health Committee
  • 2019-03-27 Placed on s/c cal Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
  • 2019-04-03 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
  • 2019-04-04 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
  • 2019-04-10 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/16/2019
  • 2019-04-10 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2019-04-16 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
  • 2019-04-16 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2019-04-16 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2019
  • 2019-04-17 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-17 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2019
  • 2019-04-17 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-18 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
  • 2019-04-18 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
  • 2019-04-22 Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2019-04-22 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0387) amendment-passage
  • 2019-04-23 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2019-04-23 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/24/2019
  • 2019-04-23 Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/24/2019
  • 2019-04-24 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2019-04-24 Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/25/2019
  • 2019-04-25 Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/29/2019
  • 2019-04-25 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/25/2019
  • 2019-04-29 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/30/2019
  • 2019-04-29 Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/30/2019
  • 2019-04-29 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/29/2019
  • 2019-04-30 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/1/2019
  • 2019-04-30 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2019-05-01 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2019-05-01 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0296)
  • 2019-05-01 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2019-05-01 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2019-05-08 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
  • 2019-05-10 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2019-05-17 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2019-05-23 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2019-06-03 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2019-06-06 Pub. Ch. 512
  • 2019-06-06 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
  • 2019-06-06 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 512

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09c630cd-08c0-43c8-9554-6922254090e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).