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type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, changes the determination of indigence income for the definition of charity care, and the amount of debt that may be deemed charity care and uncollectable, for purposes of a hospital reporting on the joint annual reports to the department of health, center for health statistics. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, changes the determination of indigence income for the definition of charity care, and the amount of debt that may be deemed charity care and uncollectable, for purposes of a hospital reporting on the joint annual reports to the department of health, center for health statistics. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1875"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1875 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves", "Vaughan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bb396c1-6c88-4ae4-aaaf-0d71758edb0b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1875&GA=111"
source_hash: "1e1294b138da8c53c4a923e9dcbc0d4b22506827b0daa3e8d257a40c69f8580d"
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 1875 (111) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, changes the determination of indigence income for the definition of charity care, and the amount of debt that may be deemed charity care and uncollectable, for purposes of a hospital reporting on the joint annual reports to the department of health, center for health statistics. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1.
## 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/111/Bill/HB1875.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2020 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2020 Passed (1) — **930** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/19/2020 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/16/2020 3/12/2020 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2020 Passed (2) — **930** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Reeves — primary (person)
- Vaughan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-24** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-27** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-27** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Assigned to s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2020
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-03** Reset on Health Committee cal. for 3/10/20
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-12** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/16/2020
- **2020-03-16** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-16** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 619
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 619
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/25/2020
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bb396c1-6c88-4ae4-aaaf-0d71758edb0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).