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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, expands the definition of a health benefit plan; requires a health benefit plan that amends, renews, or delivers a policy of coverage on or after January 1, 2026, and that provides coverage for prescription contraceptives, to provide coverage for a 12-month refill of contraceptives obtained at one time by an insured person. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71."
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description: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, expands the definition of a health benefit plan; requires a health benefit plan that amends, renews, or delivers a policy of coverage on or after January 1, 2026, and that provides coverage for prescription contraceptives, to provide coverage for a 12-month refill of contraceptives obtained at one time by an insured person. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "HB 169"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 169 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Accident", "Health", "Insurance"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Helton-Haynes"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-01-15"
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last_action: "2026-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4acddbf-08a6-4876-96f6-c7b57c4ed4c8"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0169&ga=114"
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source_hash: "a0fee43a5d2ed157d23efad80e277aeca1b0294fa676ae13b0be913b4a90afd5"
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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 169 (114) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, expands the definition of a health benefit plan; requires a health benefit plan that amends, renews, or delivers a policy of coverage on or after January 1, 2026, and that provides coverage for prescription contraceptives, to provide coverage for a 12-month refill of contraceptives obtained at one time by an insured person. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71.
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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 HA0081** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0081.pdf)
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2. **Amendment HA0548** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0548.pdf)
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3. **Amendment SA0471** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0471.pdf)
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4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0169.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Helton-Haynes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-01-16** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2025-01-27** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-28** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
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- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/12/2025
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- **2025-03-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/20/2025
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- **2025-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2025-03-20** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 3/27/2025
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- **2025-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2025
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- **2025-04-15** Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee
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- **2026-02-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-02-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/5/2026
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- **2026-02-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-02-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/9/2026
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- **2026-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-02-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 2, PNV 3 `passage`
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- **2026-02-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0548) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0081) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2026-02-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
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- **2026-02-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2026-02-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 2 `passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0471)
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- **2026-02-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
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- **2026-02-23** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 2/26/2026
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- **2026-02-26** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-26** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 82, Nays 7 PNV 0 HB0169
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2027
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- **2026-03-23** Pub. Ch. 595
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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/f4acddbf-08a6-4876-96f6-c7b57c4ed4c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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