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type: "Bill"
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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."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "111"
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identifier: "SB 1888"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1888 (111)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Reeves", "Vaughan"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-24"
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last_action: "2020-03-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ebfb595-60b0-4b23-8862-48c38c96b221"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1888&GA=111"
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source_hash: "b2e5ab9bde95923e97f55938e9bebdf819530b57cd6a0305fa7fdc69f4c7c3d2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 1888 (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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1888.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/19/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2020 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2020 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/16/2020 3/12/2020 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Reeves — primary (person)
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- Vaughan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-24** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2020-01-27** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2020-01-27** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2020-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2020-01-29** Assigned to s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-29** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
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- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/19/2020
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- **2020-02-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
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- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2020
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2020-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/3/2020
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- **2020-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2020-03-03** Reset on Health Committee cal. for 3/10/20
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- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/10/2020
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- **2020-03-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2020
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- **2020-03-12** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/16/2020
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- **2020-03-16** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2020-03-16** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2020-03-16** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2020-03-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2020-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2020-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2020-03-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 619
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- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/25/2020
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- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 619
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ebfb595-60b0-4b23-8862-48c38c96b221`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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