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House Insurance Committee: votes and procedural outcomes from Wednesday session
Summary
The committee advanced several bills by unanimous voice or voice roll call, took some measures off notice or rolled them to future calendars, and attached amendments where noted. Tallies and next referrals are listed below.
The Tennessee House Insurance Committee considered eight calendar items Wednesday and recorded the following procedural outcomes and votes.
Votes at a glance
- House Bill 173 (Chairman Martin) — "Save Rural Hospital Act." Committee vote: 14 ayes, 0 nays. Outcome: advanced to Finance, Ways and Means.
- House Bill 1244 (Chairman Martin) — pharmacy benefit manager accountability; amendment 5191 attached. Committee vote: 14 ayes, 0 nays. Outcome: advanced to Government Operations.
- House Bill 406 (Chairman Martin) — carried over/rolled: This item was rolled to the first calendar of 2026 (as announced in committee). Outcome: rolled (date not further specified in transcript).
- House Bill 711 (Chairman Hale) — amendment 5319 attached; sponsor requested further work and took the bill off notice. Outcome: taken off notice.
- House Bill 372 (Chairman Halsey) — physician participation/TennCare access (extensive testimony). Committee vote: 14 ayes, 0 nays. Outcome: advanced to Government Operations.
- House Bill 0295 (Representative Love) — doulas/certification pathway (sponsor: Representative Love). Sponsor indicated the bill will be rolled to the first calendar (date spoken in transcript was not specified precisely). Outcome: rolled.
- House Bill 411 (Chair Liddy Lynn) — adds TennCare codes for PANS/PANDAS (amendment 5243 attached). Committee vote: 12 ayes, 0 nays. Outcome: advanced to Calendar & Rules.
- House Bill 1158 (Katie Beckett HRA option; sponsor: Chair Lynn) — committee received extended testimony from families and TennCare staff; committee voted 14 ayes, 0 nays. Outcome: advanced to Finance, Ways and Means.
Procedure notes
- Committee roll call at the start recorded 14 members present and a quorum. - Several items were amended on the floor by attachment of amendment numbers recorded in the transcript (for example, amendment 5191 to HB1244 and amendment 5243 to HB411). - Where the clerk recorded a vote tally, the committee reported unanimous votes (14‑0) for multiple items and a 12‑0 vote for HB411 as noted above.
What the record does not specify
- Exact fiscal notes, dollar amounts or amendment texts were not read into the record during the votes recorded in this session; committee sponsors indicated fiscal and policy review will occur in the next assigned committees. - For items listed as rolled or off notice, the transcript either used shorthand dates or deferred scheduling; exact future hearing dates were not specified in the record.
Key clerical attributions
- Committee clerk Mr. Kirk reported the recorded votes as noted above.
