All Roll Calls
Yes: 130 • No: 22
TennesseeHB 1205114th General Assembly (2025-2026)House
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to healthcare services.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
Physicians and Surgeons
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Doctors face limits on treating their families
Tennessee doctors and podiatrists may treat themselves or immediate family only for short-term, minor, acute, or emergency needs. This includes prescribing, dispensing, or giving medicine. They may also treat family within their usual practice when no other doctor or podiatrist offers care within 30 miles of their main practice site. Controlled drugs in federal Schedules I–V are limited to acute emergencies. Immediate family includes a spouse, parent, child, sibling, or anyone whose personal or emotional ties could impair professional judgment. Healthcare workers under supervision or working with a doctor or podiatrist may treat that clinician or the clinician’s immediate family only for acute or emergency needs. This requires an established provider-patient relationship between the worker and that clinician, with an existing patient chart. These workers may provide controlled drugs to that clinician or family only in acute emergencies. All treatment must be recorded. The law took effect when it became law.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/21/2026
FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2026
Yes: 30 • No: 3
House vote • 4/15/2025
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025
Yes: 78 • No: 14
House vote • 4/14/2025
HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 4/1/2025
HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE
Yes: 15 • No: 5
House vote • 3/19/2025
HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Effective date(s) 05/07/2026
5/15/2026Pub. Ch. 935
5/15/2026Signed by Governor.
5/7/2026Transmitted to Governor for his action.
5/6/2026HouseSigned by Senate Speaker
5/5/2026SenateSigned by H. Speaker
4/30/2026HouseEnrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
4/27/2026HousePassed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 3
4/21/2026SenateAmendment withdrawn (Amendment 2 - SA0439)
4/21/2026SenateAmendment withdrawn (Amendment 1 - SA0261)
4/21/2026SenatePlaced on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026
4/17/2026SenatePlaced on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026
4/17/2026SenateRerefer to Senate Calendar Committee
4/1/2026SenatePlaced on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/1/2026
3/25/2026SenateReset on Final calendar of Senate Health & Welfare Committee
3/18/2026SenatePlaced on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/18/2026
3/17/2026SenateAction deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to 3/18/2026
3/17/2026SenatePlaced on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
3/11/2026SenateAction deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to final calendar
2/18/2026SenatePlaced on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/18/2026
2/11/2026SenateRefer to Senate Health & Welfare Committee
4/21/2025SenateSenate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
4/21/2025SenateReceived from House, Passed on First Consideration
4/16/2025SenateEngrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
4/15/2025HousePassed H., as am., Ayes 78, Nays 14, PNV 0
4/15/2025House
Bill Text
HA0250
4/15/2025
Enrolled / Public Chapter
Fiscal Note
Introduced
SA0261
SA0439
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