Tennessee Senate · Mar 18, 2025
SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee 3/18/2025 Failed
Result: fail
SB 403: Consumer Protection - As introduced, requires a healthcare facility that accepts public funds as compensation for losses due to providing uncompensated care to ensure that an amount of outstanding patient debt equal to the amount of public funds accepted is designated as satisfied and that patient is notified of such satisfied debt; prohibits the healthcare facility from seeking a judgment or taking other legal action to collect from the debtor any portion of such debt that is so designated; requires the department of health and division of TennCare to submit an annual report on uncompensated care payments to hospitals. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 16; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 27; Title 28; Title 29; Title 33; Title 45; Title 47; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:16 PM.
Totals
| Nay | Yea | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 1 | 0 |
| Republican | 4 | 3 |
| Total | 5 | 3 |
Party rows count only voters matched to a legislator.
All voters
| Legislator | Position |
|---|---|
| Paul Bailey(Republican) | Yea |
| Gloria Johnson(Democratic) | Nay |
| Lee Reeves(Republican) | Yea |
| Steve Southerland(Republican) | Yea |
| Robert Stevens(Republican) | Nay |
| Brent Taylor(Republican) | Nay |
| Bo Watson(Republican) | Nay |
| Ken Yager(Republican) | Nay |