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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 Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, removes the requirement that a provider notify a patient of communication between the provider and a health insurance entity or healthcare facility concerning additional information needed to process a prior authorization request for the patient; removes the requirement that an utilization review agent notify the enrollee and the provider or healthcare facility when additional information is needed from the enrollee, provider, or healthcare facility to make a determination on the request for prior authorization. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63, Chapter 1."
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description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, removes the requirement that a provider notify a patient of communication between the provider and a health insurance entity or healthcare facility concerning additional information needed to process a prior authorization request for the patient; removes the requirement that an utilization review agent notify the enrollee and the provider or healthcare facility when additional information is needed from the enrollee, provider, or healthcare facility to make a determination on the request for prior authorization. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63, Chapter 1."
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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: "SB 1063"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1063 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agents", "Brokers", "Insurance Companies", "Policies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-05"
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last_action: "2025-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef01a24f-881b-41b4-b52c-2a9e5b87eaca"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1063&ga=114"
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source_hash: "320fac41fc73b3c327e0ebbf78264183b8ed4a8ac69b0cbc846e68a384598947"
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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 1063 (114) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, removes the requirement that a provider notify a patient of communication between the provider and a health insurance entity or healthcare facility concerning additional information needed to process a prior authorization request for the patient; removes the requirement that an utilization review agent notify the enrollee and the provider or healthcare facility when additional information is needed from the enrollee, provider, or healthcare facility to make a determination on the request for prior authorization. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63, Chapter 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. **Amendment HA0031** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0031.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0072** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0072.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1063.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/4/2025 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/13/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2025 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Reeves — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-25** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/4/2025
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- **2025-02-25** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/4/2025
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- **2025-03-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2025-03-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/13/2025
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- **2025-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2025-03-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0072)
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- **2025-03-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2025-03-24** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2025-03-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0031) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2025-03-24** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2025-03-25** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-26** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-08** Effective date(s) 04/03/2025
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- **2025-04-08** Pub. Ch. 125
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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/ef01a24f-881b-41b4-b52c-2a9e5b87eaca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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