republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-2544.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires a health benefit plan that provides coverage for imaging services for screening mammography to provide coverage to a patient for low-dose mammography according to specific guidelines, including a baseline mammogram for a woman 35 to 40 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7."
description: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires a health benefit plan that provides coverage for imaging services for screening mammography to provide coverage to a patient for low-dose mammography according to specific guidelines, including a baseline mammogram for a woman 35 to 40 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2544"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2544 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accident", "Health", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Massey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 57
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a042209-7d6a-45a3-96cb-1b418ffdc315"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2544&GA=112"
source_hash: "347214b917dc28563268fab1af1bd7dd91e5a10c58b350b35fe38a08fb47ea74"
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 2544 (112) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires a health benefit plan that provides coverage for imaging services for screening mammography to provide coverage to a patient for low-dose mammography according to specific guidelines, including a baseline mammogram for a woman 35 to 40 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0650** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0650.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0568** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0568.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2544.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/1/2022 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/26/2022 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/8/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/1/2022 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)
- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-30** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-13** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-20** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-04-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0568)
- **2022-04-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0650) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-27** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-05-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/25/2022
- **2022-06-01** Pub. Ch. 1068
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1068

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a042209-7d6a-45a3-96cb-1b418ffdc315`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).