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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, provides that, if an incapacitated or deceased patient has no authorized representative, the patient's next of kin will be treated as an authorized representative for the patient for the purposes of obtaining the patient's hospital records. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68."
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description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, provides that, if an incapacitated or deceased patient has no authorized representative, the patient's next of kin will be treated as an authorized representative for the patient for the purposes of obtaining the patient's hospital records. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "113"
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identifier: "HB 1639"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 1639 (113)"
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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: ["Moon"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-05"
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last_action: "2024-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/936b9e12-3117-403d-8553-44d5cf86f7b1"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1639&GA=113"
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source_hash: "e77e292a278e14841f9ce120d8525e75e33a8e730887a8a97ff4340bd8c3f6c6"
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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 HB 1639 (113) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, provides that, if an incapacitated or deceased patient has no authorized representative, the patient's next of kin will be treated as an authorized representative for the patient for the purposes of obtaining the patient's hospital records. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
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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. **Amendment HA0527** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0527.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0812** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0812.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1639.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 1/30/2024 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 1/30/2024 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024 2/15/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/7/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/7/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2024 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/28/2024 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Moon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2024-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-10** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 1/30/2024
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- **2024-01-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/7/2024
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- **2024-02-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2024
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- **2024-02-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024
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- **2024-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
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- **2024-02-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0527) `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2024-02-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2024-03-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2024-03-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0812)
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- **2024-03-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
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- **2024-04-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
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- **2024-05-01** Pub. Ch. 739
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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/936b9e12-3117-403d-8553-44d5cf86f7b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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