republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-647.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Finance and Administration, Dept. of - As enacted, requires, under the Long-Term Care Community Choices Act, the commissioner to recognize complex rehabilitation technology as a separate benefit category for the purposes of any proposed budget or other public documents, under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Finance and Administration, Dept. of - As enacted, requires, under the Long-Term Care Community Choices Act, the commissioner to recognize complex rehabilitation technology as a separate benefit category for the purposes of any proposed budget or other public documents, under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 647"
citation: "Tennessee HB 647 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jernigan", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17bdab8c-c9d9-4598-b339-5a10c0c5d4bf"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0647&GA=111"
source_hash: "7711489f6ecee56a0ac616b975e167e3cd224bd81a6054ab9f27b718ffd66dfe"
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 647 (111) — Finance and Administration, Dept. of - As enacted, requires, under the Long-Term Care Community Choices Act, the commissioner to recognize complex rehabilitation technology as a separate benefit category for the purposes of any proposed budget or other public documents, under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0017.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0080** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0080.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0647.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE TENNCARE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 2/20/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/11/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2019 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/6/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019 2/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jernigan — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal TennCare Subcommittee for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c TennCare Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0017) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/11/2019
- **2019-03-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-03-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0080)
- **2019-03-11** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-03-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-03-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 96
- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 03/28/2019
- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 96

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17bdab8c-c9d9-4598-b339-5a10c0c5d4bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).