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HB 2498STATE · TennesseeIntroduced

TennCare - As enacted, prohibits the division from providing coverage or reimbursement for a medical procedure performed on, or administered to, an individual if the performance or administration of the procedure is for the purpose of enabling the individual to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the individual's sex, or treat purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the individual's sex and asserted identity. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.

Latest action: Pub. Ch. 765

Voted 4/24/2026View source

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Docket history

Action history

  1. 4/24/2026Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
  2. 4/24/2026Pub. Ch. 765
  3. 4/16/2026Signed by Governor.
  4. 4/7/2026Transmitted to Governor for his action.
  5. 4/6/2026Signed by Senate Speaker
  6. 4/6/2026Signed by H. Speaker
  7. 4/1/2026Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
  8. 3/30/2026Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 6
  9. 3/30/2026Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  10. 3/16/2026Received from House, Passed on First Consideration