Tennessee House Bill HB0204

Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 1/16/25

Caption

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care.

Summary

HB0204 makes a narrow change to Tennessee’s health care reporting timeline. The bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated § 68-1-806 by moving a required deadline from March 1 to January 15. The text does not specify the underlying report in the excerpt, but the change clearly accelerates an existing filing or submission requirement under the public health code. Because the bill is limited to a single date change, it does not create a new program, tax, or regulatory scheme. Instead, it adjusts the timing of compliance for the affected health care-related reporting obligation, which would require the responsible agency, facility, or other covered party to submit information earlier in the year. The act takes effect immediately upon becoming law.

Impact

The bill amends one section of Tennessee Code Annotated in Title 68, which governs health and safety, by changing a statutory deadline from March 1 to January 15. This alters the timing of an existing reporting requirement and may affect the administrative workflow of the state agency or regulated entities responsible for the filing. No other statutes are changed in the text provided.

Sentiment

There is no recorded committee discussion or vote history in the provided materials, so the overall sentiment cannot be directly measured from debate or roll call data. Based on the bill’s narrow, technical nature, it appears to be a procedural adjustment rather than a controversial policy change.

Contention

No specific points of contention are documented in the provided transcripts or voting history. If any concern existed, it would most likely relate to the practicality of moving the deadline up by nearly six weeks and whether affected parties would have sufficient time to compile and submit the required information, but no speaker or vote record is available to confirm opposition or support.