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type: "Bill"
title: "Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, establishes the state palliative care and quality of life council to advise the executive director of the Tennessee commission on aging and disability on issues related to palliative care. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 71, Chapter 2."
description: "Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, establishes the state palliative care and quality of life council to advise the executive director of the Tennessee commission on aging and disability on issues related to palliative care. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 71, Chapter 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2561"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2561 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley", "Kumar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 60
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c8af6a8-c1ae-40dc-b6dc-87e48bb17ec6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2561&GA=110"
source_hash: "70657911a89af362e168b59b4049eb217e732e74f4f1054b3d736ea521fabc52"
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 2561 (110) — Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, establishes the state palliative care and quality of life council to advise the executive director of the Tennessee commission on aging and disability on issues related to palliative care. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 71, Chapter 2.
## 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/SB2561.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/17/2018 Passed (1) — **110** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hensley — primary (person)
- Kumar — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-14** Refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2018-04-11** Recalled from Senate Health & Welfare Committee
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1107) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0729) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-23** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA1147)
- **2018-04-23** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-24** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 92, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB2118
- **2018-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 955
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 955
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/15/2018
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c8af6a8-c1ae-40dc-b6dc-87e48bb17ec6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).