House Health Committee- March 24, 2026- House Hearing Room 1

Tennessee House Health Committee · March 19, 2026

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House Bill 18-35 (Summer EBT) — brief sponsor presentation and unanimous passage

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Sponsor (speaker 5) summarized House Bill 18‑35, which would direct the Department of Human Services to apply for and, if approved, participate in the federal Summer EBT program providing $120 per child for summer meals; sponsor said the program would reach nearly 700,000 children in all 95 counties. Committee took the motion and the bill passed on a 17‑0 vote and will move to Finance, Ways and Means.

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The Tennessee House Health Committee met to consider a slate of health- and family-related bills. Members advanced multiple measures — including an expansion of respite care exemptions (House Bill 14-95), a clarification of parental access to minor medical records (House Bill 8-53), and licensure standards for IVF providers and labs (House Bill 22-90) — and moved several other bills onward to committee or calendar as amended.

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