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| Bill | Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires a health carrier, health benefit plan, or utilization review organization that denies coverage of a prescription drug for the treatment of a medical condition through the use of a step therapy protocol to provide access to a clear, readily accessible, and convenient process for a patient or prescribing practitioner to request a step therapy exception; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71. | Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires a health carrier, health benefit plan, or utilization review organization that denies coverage of a prescription drug for the treatment of a medical condition through the use of a step therapy protocol to provide access to a clear, readily accessible, and convenient process for a patient or prescribing practitioner to request a step therapy exception; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71. | us/states/tn | Tennessee General Assembly | 112 | HB 677 | Tennessee HB 677 (112) |
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5 | 69 | 10 | 2021-02-08 | 2022-05-25 | openstates | ocd-bill/b5068fd7-c46e-4b84-b4e4-063f9925ce04 | http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0677&GA=112 | 5cf55c83044a5bf19b0e69a355f0c690e5053b2036ad3b1b51cf0836eb4ec44a | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Tennessee HB 677 (112) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires a health carrier, health benefit plan, or utilization review organization that denies coverage of a prescription drug for the treatment of a medical condition through the use of a step therapy protocol to provide access to a clear, readily accessible, and convenient process for a patient or prescribing practitioner to request a step therapy exception; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Amendment HA0652 (committee substitute) — source
- Amendment HA0873 (committee substitute) — source
- Amendment HA0874 (committee substitute) — source
- Amendment SA0670 (committee substitute) — source
- Current Version (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/14/2022 (5) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (3) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/31/2022 Passed (2) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/5/2022 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022 4/14/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2022 Passed (1) — 92–0 (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/1/2022 (7) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/30/2022 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/8/2022 (6) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 3 4/21/2022 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-08 Filed for introduction
introduction, reading-1 - 2021-02-10 Intro., P1C.
introduction - 2021-02-11 P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee -- Government Operations for Review
referral-committee - 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
introduction - 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction
introduction, reading-1 - 2021-02-20 Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- 2021-02-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-09 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-10 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-11 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-18 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-24 Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- 2021-03-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-24 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- 2021-03-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-30 Def. to Summer Study in Insurance Subcommittee
- 2021-03-30 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- 2021-03-30 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/6/2021
- 2021-04-06 Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
referral-committee - 2022-02-23 Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- 2022-03-01 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee
referral-committee - 2022-03-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2022-03-02 Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/8/2022
- 2022-03-02 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- 2022-03-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2022-03-08 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-08 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/15/2022
- 2022-03-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2022-03-09 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/14/2022
- 2022-03-09 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- 2022-03-14 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-15 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- 2022-03-16 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- 2022-03-16 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2022-03-23 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/30/2022
- 2022-03-23 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/30/2022
- 2022-03-28 Refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- 2022-03-28 Recalled from Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- 2022-03-29 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022
- 2022-03-30 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/5/2022
- 2022-03-30 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
referral-committee - 2022-03-31 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- 2022-03-31 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0
passage - 2022-03-31 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0670)
- 2022-04-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2022-04-04 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- 2022-04-05 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-04-13 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2022
- 2022-04-14 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022
- 2022-04-18 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2022-04-18 Comp. SB subst.
- 2022-04-18 Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1
passage - 2022-04-18 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0652)
amendment-withdrawal - 2022-04-18 H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0874)
amendment-passage - 2022-04-18 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0873)
amendment-withdrawal - 2022-04-18 Subst. for comp. HB.
- 2022-04-20 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/21/2022
- 2022-04-21 Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 3 - HA0874)
passage - 2022-04-27 Enrolled and ready for signatures
- 2022-04-28 Signed by Senate Speaker
- 2022-05-02 Transmitted to Governor for action.
- 2022-05-02 Signed by H. Speaker
- 2022-05-11 Signed by Governor.
executive-signature - 2022-05-25 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1020
- 2022-05-25 Effective date(s) 05/11/2022, 01/01/2023
- 2022-05-25 Pub. Ch. 1020
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5068fd7-c46e-4b84-b4e4-063f9925ce04. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).