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type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, allows unlicensed persons who have completed a competency-based training program, and who are employed by certain personal support service agencies licensed under law relative to mental health, substance abuse, and intellectual and developmental disabilities, to administer certain medications to individuals who are incapable of self-administration in the individual's home; prohibits administration of certain medications by unlicensed persons. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 9."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, allows unlicensed persons who have completed a competency-based training program, and who are employed by certain personal support service agencies licensed under law relative to mental health, substance abuse, and intellectual and developmental disabilities, to administer certain medications to individuals who are incapable of self-administration in the individual's home; prohibits administration of certain medications by unlicensed persons. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1793"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1793 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b229c0a-89d3-4351-8f10-d28011175aa8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1793&GA=113"
source_hash: "5e3e4bb70ccd70f91f08f1b445e12bcd33f00de4d63cb81260ad133a9230e0f3"
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 SB 1793 (113) — Health Care - As enacted, allows unlicensed persons who have completed a competency-based training program, and who are employed by certain personal support service agencies licensed under law relative to mental health, substance abuse, and intellectual and developmental disabilities, to administer certain medications to individuals who are incapable of self-administration in the individual's home; prohibits administration of certain medications by unlicensed persons. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 9.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0711** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0711.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1793.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/7/2024 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/4/2024 Passed — **270** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/12/2024 Passed (2) — **330** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/4/2024 Passed (1) — **270** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/12/2024 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/7/2024 Passed (3) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2024 Passed (1) — **940** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Massey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `passage`
- **2024-01-31** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/7/2024
- **2024-02-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-02-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/12/2024
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-02-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-01** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0711) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-01** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-02** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/4/2024
- **2024-04-04** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0711) `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-29** Effective date(s) 04/19/2024
- **2024-04-29** Pub. Ch. 730
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b229c0a-89d3-4351-8f10-d28011175aa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).