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type: "Bill"
title: "TennCare - As enacted, requires the bureau to establish a program that identifies child TennCare enrollees who are likely to be eligible for federal supplemental security income due to disability upon reaching 18 years of age; requires the program to initiate counseling with and provide enrollment assistance to the child to prevent a gap in TennCare eligibility upon the child reaching 18 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 71."
description: "TennCare - As enacted, requires the bureau to establish a program that identifies child TennCare enrollees who are likely to be eligible for federal supplemental security income due to disability upon reaching 18 years of age; requires the program to initiate counseling with and provide enrollment assistance to the child to prevent a gap in TennCare eligibility upon the child reaching 18 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1286"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1286 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TennCare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kumar", "Pody"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3a8bd72-8aa9-4125-91e6-43221687527d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1286&GA=111"
source_hash: "5022265449033254525ff1915788c488aa6c4aaa97f1cff1778eb3dd2a993c2c"
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 1286 (111) — TennCare - As enacted, requires the bureau to establish a program that identifies child TennCare enrollees who are likely to be eligible for federal supplemental security income due to disability upon reaching 18 years of age; requires the program to initiate counseling with and provide enrollment assistance to the child to prevent a gap in TennCare eligibility upon the child reaching 18 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 71.
## 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/SB1286.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/10/2019 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/17/2019 (5) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (2) — **920** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (4) — **930** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **920** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (3) — **930** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/12/2019 (6) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TENNCARE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/6/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kumar — primary (person)
- Pody — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c TennCare Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal TennCare Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Pub. Ch. 310
- **2019-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/08/2019
- **2019-05-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 310
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3a8bd72-8aa9-4125-91e6-43221687527d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).