TennesseeTennCare - As enacted, prohibits the division from providing coverage or reimbursement for a medical procedure performed on, or administered to, an individual if the performance or administration of the procedure is for the purpose of enabling the individual to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the individual's sex, or treat purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the individual's sex and asserted identity. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
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- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
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History
- 2026
- Apr 24Comp. became Pub. Ch. 765Latest
- Mar 30Sponsor(s) Added.Minor
- Mar 30Companion House Bill substitutedMajor
- Mar 27Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026
- Mar 17Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- Vote recorded SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/17/2026 Passed. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 11Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/18/2026
- Mar 11Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
- Mar 4Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/11/2026
- Feb 5Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare CommitteeMinor
- Feb 2Introduced, Passed on First ConsiderationMinor
- Jan 22Filed for introductionIntroduced