republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1120.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, revises the notice requirements with which a health care facility must comply under certain circumstances in order to preserve an assignment of health insurance benefits to an out-of-network facility-based physician, or from collecting out-of-network charges from an insured. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 68."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, revises the notice requirements with which a health care facility must comply under certain circumstances in order to preserve an assignment of health insurance benefits to an out-of-network facility-based physician, or from collecting out-of-network charges from an insured. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1120"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1120 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg", "Zachary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0d6adc2-2106-41f0-b912-a08d89196577"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1120&GA=111"
source_hash: "d6e1fda28f0d68cfe12bff9c6277d222b33f75da2004a967252e892806936793"
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 1120 (111) — Health Care - As enacted, revises the notice requirements with which a health care facility must comply under certain circumstances in order to preserve an assignment of health insurance benefits to an out-of-network facility-based physician, or from collecting out-of-network charges from an insured. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0067** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0067.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0230.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0090** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0090.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0239** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0239.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1120.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/2/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/27/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2019 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lundberg — primary (person)
- Zachary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Life & Health Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Life & Health Insurance Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-11** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-11** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0230) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-11** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0067) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0239)
- **2019-04-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0090)
- **2019-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-15** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 239
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 239
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0d6adc2-2106-41f0-b912-a08d89196577`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).