Bill

Bill > SB0890


TN SB0890

TN SB0890
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 47; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health records.


summary

Introduced
02/05/2025
In Committee
Crossed Over
03/13/2025
Passed
04/28/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/15/2025

Introduced Session

114th General Assembly

Bill Summary

As enacted, revises present law relative to a patient's electronic health record and requires a health insurance entity to establish and maintain a provider access API and a prior authorization API; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 47; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

AI Summary

This bill makes several changes to Tennessee's health records and insurance regulations. First, it modifies the state code related to medical record access by removing certain exceptions to the existing rules. Second, it requires health insurance entities to establish and maintain several specific Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to improve health information access, including APIs for patient access, provider directories, payer-to-payer exchanges, provider access, and prior authorization. These APIs are based on federal regulations (42 CFR) and will help patients and healthcare providers more easily share and access health information. The bill mandates that health insurance entities must implement these APIs by the earliest date the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires for any of their regulated plan or product types. The changes are set to take effect on July 1, 2025, with the goal of enhancing transparency and efficiency in healthcare information exchange.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (2)

Last Action

Effective date(s) 07/01/2025 (on 05/15/2025)

bill text


bill summary

Loading...

bill summary

Loading...
Loading...