Tennessee · House Bill 1998 · 113th General Assembly

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

HB 1998 Sponsored by Gary Hicks Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 23, 2024
  2. In committee Jan 25, 2024
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

TennCare - As introduced, requires the bureau 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.

Every action

17 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 9 earlier steps
  1. HouseFiled for introduction
  2. HouseIntro., P1C.
  3. CommitteeP2C, ref. to Insurance Subcommittee · House Insurance Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeAssigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee · House Insurance Subcommittee
  5. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 2/20/2024 · House Insurance Subcommittee
  6. CommitteeRec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee · House Insurance Committee
  7. CommitteePlaced on cal. Insurance Committee for 2/27/2024 · House Insurance Committee
  8. CommitteeRec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee · House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  9. CommitteeAssigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee · House Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
  1. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/6/2024 · House Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
  2. HousePlaced behind the budget
  3. HouseSponsor(s) Added.
  4. HouseSponsor(s) Added.
  5. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024 · House Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
  6. HouseSponsor(s) Added.
  7. HouseSponsor(s) Added.
  8. HouseTaken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 7 cosponsors: 7 Republicans.

All 7 cosponsors

From Tennessee's official records (wapp.capitol.tn.gov), checked Nov 3, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.