republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-508.md

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Bill	Health Care - As enacted, authorizes unlicensed graduates and students of certain medical training programs to provide telehealth services as long as those graduates and students adhere to the same standards for the provision of telehealth services that licensed medical professionals must meet. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.	Health Care - As enacted, authorizes unlicensed graduates and students of certain medical training programs to provide telehealth services as long as those graduates and students adhere to the same standards for the provision of telehealth services that licensed medical professionals must meet. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	HB 508	Tennessee HB 508 (112)	bill	Health Care	enacted	Boyd Reeves	3	43	6	2021-02-04	2021-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/e58ee960-231c-44ca-b2bc-e82617d94ccf	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0508&GA=112	736981c0c46afc7eeaf2a9429dc2d3e645a93cb96e34323eeb3c0d264b5fe797	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 508 (112) — Health Care - As enacted, authorizes unlicensed graduates and students of certain medical training programs to provide telehealth services as long as those graduates and students adhere to the same standards for the provision of telehealth services that licensed medical professionals must meet. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0034 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0093 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/23/2021 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/1/2021 Passed (1) — 31–1 (pass) · upper
• SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/16/2021 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Boyd — primary (person)
• Reeves — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-04 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-10 Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 P2C, ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-11 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-17 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/23/2021
• 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• 2021-02-23 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-23 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/2/2021
• 2021-02-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-02-24 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/3/2021
• 2021-03-02 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-02 Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 3/9/2021
• 2021-03-03 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/10/2021
• 2021-03-03 Action def. in Health Committee to 3/10/2021
• 2021-03-03 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
• 2021-03-09 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
• 2021-03-09 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/16/2021
• 2021-03-10 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-16 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
• 2021-03-18 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021
• 2021-03-22 Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
• 2021-03-22 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0034) amendment-passage
• 2021-03-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-23 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2021-03-25 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-03-30 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021
• 2021-04-01 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 1 passage
• 2021-04-01 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0093)
• 2021-04-01 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2021-04-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-01 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2021-04-05 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2021-04-07 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-04-07 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-04-08 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2021-04-20 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-03 Effective date(s) 04/20/2021
• 2021-05-03 Pub. Ch. 179
• 2021-05-03 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 179

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e58ee960-231c-44ca-b2bc-e82617d94ccf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).