Tennessee House Bill HB0406

Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 1/28/25
• Refer: 3/11/25
• Refer: 3/19/25
• Refer: 2/17/26
• Refer: 3/2/26

Caption

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 47; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71, relative to medical devices.

Summary

HB0406 makes a narrow change to Tennessee’s medical device law by shortening the required retention period for certain records from three years to two years. The bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated § 63-10-314(b), which is within the statutes governing medical devices and related regulatory requirements. No other substantive changes are made in the bill text, and it takes effect immediately upon becoming law. In practical terms, the bill reduces the length of time covered entities or regulated parties must keep the relevant records under the medical device statute. Because the bill amends a specific provision in Title 63, its legal effect is limited to that recordkeeping requirement, rather than changing broader medical device licensing, safety, or enforcement rules. The bill also references Titles 8, 47, 56, 63, and 71 in its caption, but the operative language only changes the medical device record-retention period.

Impact

HB0406 would amend Tennessee’s medical device statutes by reducing a record-retention requirement from three years to two years in Tennessee Code Annotated § 63-10-314(b). This would affect regulated medical device-related parties subject to that section by lowering the duration for maintaining records, potentially reducing compliance burdens and storage obligations. The bill does not appear to alter substantive standards for device approval, sale, or use, and its legal impact is confined to this specific administrative requirement.

Sentiment

The available committee votes show consistent support for the bill, with unanimous or near-unanimous favorable recommendations at each stage listed. The Insurance Subcommittee recommended passage with amendment, and both the House Insurance Committee and House Government Operations Committee advanced the bill without recorded opposition. No committee transcript is available, but the voting history suggests the measure was viewed as a routine, low-contention regulatory adjustment.

Contention

The only apparent point of contention is procedural rather than substantive: the Insurance Subcommittee recommended passage only if amended, indicating some concern about the bill’s form or scope before it moved forward. However, the subsequent committee votes were unanimous, and there is no recorded opposition in the available history. Because the bill is narrowly focused on reducing a recordkeeping period, there is no evidence of broader disagreement over policy direction, consumer protection, or medical device regulation.