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type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, prohibits a health insurer from considering the location where complex rehabilitation technology will be used when making a medical necessity determination; requires health insurers to offer a prior authorization process for complex rehabilitation technology coverage determinations; imposes other related requirements governing coverage for complex rehabilitation technology. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71."
description: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, prohibits a health insurer from considering the location where complex rehabilitation technology will be used when making a medical necessity determination; requires health insurers to offer a prior authorization process for complex rehabilitation technology coverage determinations; imposes other related requirements governing coverage for complex rehabilitation technology. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2134"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2134 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accident", "Health", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jernigan", "Reeves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed7544f2-8228-4f71-948b-e1b4183be3f1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2134&GA=112"
source_hash: "03718db447dcf8e7acdacf470887a0aa2817a8b403bf49042414a0592b1b8f5f"
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 2134 (112) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, prohibits a health insurer from considering the location where complex rehabilitation technology will be used when making a medical necessity determination; requires health insurers to offer a prior authorization process for complex rehabilitation technology coverage determinations; imposes other related requirements governing coverage for complex rehabilitation technology. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0754** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0754.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0690** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0690.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2134.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 4/14/2022 Passed (1) — **270** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed (2) — **280** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 3/15/2022 Passed (3) — **80** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2022 Passed (1) — **880** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/15/2022 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jernigan — primary (person)
- Reeves — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Insurance Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2022-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0690)
- **2022-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0754) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-07** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-11** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-13** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-14** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0754) `passage`
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-06** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-06** Pub. Ch. 973
- **2022-05-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 973
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed7544f2-8228-4f71-948b-e1b4183be3f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).