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SB0334Introduced in the Senate

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to TennCare.

IntroducedSenate Finance, Ways and Means

Introduced by Rusty Crowe, District 3

What does this bill do?

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Official description

As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Medicaid Modernization and Access Act of 2025," which aligns TennCare's current Medicaid reimbursement rates for obstetrics/gynecology, primary care, outpatient mental health, and substance use disorder treatment with the Medicare fee schedule or average commercial rates, whichever is higher. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Where it stands

Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee to 4/21/2026

April 20, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee · March 26, 2025

9

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

9 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Rusty Crowe3Yes
Robert Harshbarger4Yes
Becky Massey6Yes
Bo Watson11Yes
Shane Reeves14Yes
Ferrell Haile18Yes
Jeff Yarbro21Yes
Edward Jackson25Yes
Joseph Hensley28Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee

  4. Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/26/2025

  5. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  6. Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee to 1st Calendar of 2026

  7. Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025

  8. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025

  9. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025

  10. Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 1/13/2026

  11. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/31/2026

  12. Reset on Final calendar of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  13. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/14/2026

  14. Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee / Behind the Budget

  15. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2026

  16. Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee to 4/21/2026

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