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SB0748Introduced in the Senate

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to TennCare.

IntroducedSenate Finance, Ways and Means

Introduced by Ken Yager, District 12

What does this bill do?

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Official description

As introduced, requires the bureau of TennCare to reimburse certain public or private ground-based ambulance services that bill for transports at a rate not less than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers for emergency services and 100 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers for nonemergency services. - Amends TCA Title 71.

Where it stands

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

April 20, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee · February 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 2/26/2025

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

  6. Sponsor(s) Added.

  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. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  11. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

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

  13. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

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