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House Insurance Committee approves bill repealing 72‑hour hold on some lab results, aligns API deadlines with CMS
Summary
The House Insurance Committee on April 8 approved House Bill 0869, which repeals a state 72‑hour hold on certain laboratory results and delays the state API deadline to match Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) timelines; the committee voted 14‑0 to advance the bill to calendar and rules.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The House Insurance Committee voted 14‑0 on April 8 to advance House Bill 0869, a measure that would repeal a state requirement that certain laboratory results be held for 72 hours and coordinate the state’s deadline for insurers to deploy patient‑access application programming interfaces with federal CMS implementation dates.
The bill’s sponsor told the committee the measure is intended to fix “unintended consequences” from legislation passed last year. “This bill fixes the this issue by repealing the 72 hour hold on certain lab tests, and we make sure that Tennesseeans receive their lab results in a…
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