Tennessee 114th General Assembly Status: Passed Senate 2 R cosponsors

SB 0748 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to TennCare.

Last action — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 16, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Stalled 30% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

How often bills like it became law.

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

TennCare - As introduced, requires the bureau of TennCare to reimburse certain public or private ground-based ambulance services that bill for transports at a rate not less than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers for emergency services and 100 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers for nonemergency services. - Amends TCA Title 71.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee

  4. Assigned to s/c Tenncare Subcommittee

  5. Placed on s/c cal Tenncare Subcommittee for 3/4/2025

  6. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee

  7. Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/12/2025

  8. Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  9. Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  10. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  11. Sponsor(s) Added.

  12. Sponsor(s) Added.

  13. Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/2/2025

  14. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/2/2025

  15. Placed behind the budget

  16. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  17. Sponsor(s) Added.

  18. Sponsor(s) Added.

  19. Sponsor(s) Added.

  20. Filed for introduction

  21. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  22. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee

  23. Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/26/2025

  24. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  25. Sponsor(s) Added.

  26. Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025

  27. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025

  28. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025

  29. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  30. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

  31. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2026

  32. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 131 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (131)

131 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 0748 do?
TennCare - As introduced, requires the bureau of TennCare to reimburse certain public or private ground-based ambulance services that bill for transports at a rate not less than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers for emergency services and 100 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers for nonemergency services. - Amends TCA Title 71.
Who sponsors SB 0748?
SB 0748 is sponsored by Yager, Ken (Republican) and Jackson, Ed (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 0748?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 16, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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