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HB2599Introduced in the House

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 52, Chapter 8, Part 2, relative to respite care.

Introduced

Introduced by Johnny Shaw, District 80

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

As introduced, removes the termination date of the Alzheimer's and dementia respite care pilot program; removes the requirement that the program must actively serve up to 225 enrollees at one time in each fiscal year of the program's operation. - Amends TCA Title 52, Chapter 8, Part 2.

Where it stands

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

April 15, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee · March 3, 2026

22

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

22 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Timothy Hill3Yes
Tim Hicks6Yes
Gary Hicks9Yes
Sam McKenzie15Yes
Michele Carringer16Yes
Andrew Farmer17Yes
Esther Helton-Haynes30Yes
Ron Travis31Yes
Iris Rudder39Yes
Paul Sherrell43Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. Sponsor change.

  4. Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

  5. P2C, ref. to Health Committee

  6. Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee

  7. Sponsor(s) Added.

  8. Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/18/2026

  9. Sponsor(s) Added.

  10. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee

  11. Sponsor(s) Added.

  12. Sponsor(s) Added.

  13. Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/3/2026

  14. Sponsor(s) Added.

  15. Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  16. Sponsor(s) Added.

  17. Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  18. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/11/2026

  19. Sponsor(s) Added.

  20. Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/18/2026

  21. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2026

  22. Placed behind the budget

  23. Sponsor(s) Added.

  24. Sponsor(s) Added.

  25. Sponsor(s) Added.

  26. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026

  27. Sponsor(s) Added.

  28. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

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