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Health Committee advances four bills to rules and panels; unanimous or near-unanimous votes
Summary
House Health Committee forwarded HB 843, HB 498, HB 133 and HB 717 to the next stages of consideration with unanimous or near-unanimous votes; details and vote tallies are listed below.
The Tennessee House Health Committee on Monday advanced four bills to the next stages of the legislative calendar with recorded committee votes.
Votes at a glance
- House Bill 843 (designation of two hospitals as critical access hospitals): passed 17-0 and was recorded as moving on to counter rules.
- House Bill 498 (reestablish a task force to examine provider reimbursement rates): passed 19-0 and was recorded as moving on to counter rules.
- House Bill 133 (extend an existing pilot program for residential facilities serving people with developmental or physical disabilities to an additional region): passed 18-0 and was recorded as moving on to counter rules.
- House Bill 717 (Caring for Caregivers Act, a three-year pilot to provide $6,000 grants to family caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias): passed 20-0 and was recorded as moving on to Government Operations.
Each bill’s sponsor provided brief remarks and, where applicable, an amendment was adopted before the final vote. The committee clerk recorded the tallies above; each item will proceed to the committee or rules stage noted in the record.
