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type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to contract with any licensed community mental health agency for the provision of services under the behavioral health safety net, as long as the community mental health agency can provide to individuals who will be served under the behavioral health safety net all of the behavioral health services that are included within adult behavioral health services for the seriously and persistently mentally ill, as defined in the Medical Assistance Act of 1968. - Amends TCA Section 33-6-103."
description: "Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to contract with any licensed community mental health agency for the provision of services under the behavioral health safety net, as long as the community mental health agency can provide to individuals who will be served under the behavioral health safety net all of the behavioral health services that are included within adult behavioral health services for the seriously and persistently mentally ill, as defined in the Medical Assistance Act of 1968. - Amends TCA Section 33-6-103."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1998"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1998 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Bricken"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e77690-b2ec-4537-b3d4-321a855d6d04"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1998&GA=111"
source_hash: "409e704e4df88224487f9eb247dcf4e6e72e53d4f672171a5c86518c856d1d8b"
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 1998 (111) — Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to contract with any licensed community mental health agency for the provision of services under the behavioral health safety net, as long as the community mental health agency can provide to individuals who will be served under the behavioral health safety net all of the behavioral health services that are included within adult behavioral health services for the seriously and persistently mentally ill, as defined in the Medical Assistance Act of 1968. - Amends TCA Section 33-6-103.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0558** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0558.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0527** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0527.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1998.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — **980** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/25/2020 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/19/2020 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020 2/27/2020 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/26/2020 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bowling — primary (person)
- Bricken — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-03** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2020-02-04** Assigned to s/c Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-02-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020
- **2020-02-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020
- **2020-03-02** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-02** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0558) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-03-02** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0527)
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-10** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 578
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 578
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2020
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47e77690-b2ec-4537-b3d4-321a855d6d04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).