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type: "Bill"
title: "Disabled Persons - As enacted, allows disabled adults to have paid personal aides to perform health maintenance tasks for them. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Disabled Persons - As enacted, allows disabled adults to have paid personal aides to perform health maintenance tasks for them. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 968"
citation: "Tennessee HB 968 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabled Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Hill M"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02d3a921-14a1-4a8c-8118-05c3ae6df626"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0968&GA=110"
source_hash: "05719f94f1c37647751a2a903d59334260828b7e7a6eaa4321fbbe6c6e3a9e92"
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 968 (110) — Disabled Persons - As enacted, allows disabled adults to have paid personal aides to perform health maintenance tasks for them. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 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/HB0968.pdf)
## Votes
- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/28/2017 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/22/2017 (6) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2017 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017 4/27/2017 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/12/2017 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/5/2017 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Haile — primary (person)
- Hill M — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-01** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0316)
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0215) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 349
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 349
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 05/11/2017; 01/01/2018
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02d3a921-14a1-4a8c-8118-05c3ae6df626`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).