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type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, adds healthcare services provided to a patient at a public elementary or secondary school to the current definition of telehealth services for which health insurance entities are required to reimburse in a manner that is consistent with reimbursement for in-person encounters; requires that the public elementary or secondary school be staffed by a healthcare service provider and equipped to engage in such services. - Amends TCA Title 56; Section 63-1-155 and Title 71."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, adds healthcare services provided to a patient at a public elementary or secondary school to the current definition of telehealth services for which health insurance entities are required to reimburse in a manner that is consistent with reimbursement for in-person encounters; requires that the public elementary or secondary school be staffed by a healthcare service provider and equipped to engage in such services. - Amends TCA Title 56; Section 63-1-155 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 338"
citation: "Tennessee HB 338 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Overbey", "Ramsey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c64f3173-e9d3-42d8-90a1-9563db96459a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0338&GA=110"
source_hash: "6ffd24ab5ef45f9bb89c4045ab8465c1c06ddd04b398f3bab7415e3a8c7be2da"
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 338 (110) — Health Care - As enacted, adds healthcare services provided to a patient at a public elementary or secondary school to the current definition of telehealth services for which health insurance entities are required to reimburse in a manner that is consistent with reimbursement for in-person encounters; requires that the public elementary or secondary school be staffed by a healthcare service provider and equipped to engage in such services. - Amends TCA Title 56; Section 63-1-155 and Title 71.
## 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/HB0338.pdf)
## Votes
- INSURANCE AND BANKING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee 3/8/2017 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/28/2017 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017 3/30/2017 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/22/2017 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/14/2017 — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Overbey — primary (person)
- Ramsey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-06** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/14/2017
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-27** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0039)
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-03-30** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-06** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-06** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0013) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-06** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-07** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 130
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 130
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/17/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c64f3173-e9d3-42d8-90a1-9563db96459a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).