Health Care - As introduced, enacts the "Freedom from Medical Debt Act," which requires the state treasurer to contract with a nonprofit entity to acquire and repay certain medical debts for Tennessee residents with incomes at or below 400 percent of the federal poverty level or who owe medical debt equal to 5 percent or more of their household income, and prohibits healthcare providers from reporting a patient's medical debt to a consumer reporting agency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

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Overview Bill text 1 History 6 Sponsors

Mar 11, 2026 · House

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee

Mar 4, 2026 · House

Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/11/2026

Feb 2, 2026 · House

Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee

Feb 2, 2026 · House

P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee

Jan 22, 2026 · House

Intro., P1C.

Jan 21, 2026 · House

Filed for introduction

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

24.4% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 51%, measured from TN's completed sessions
Momentum -5 29/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 218 days quiet

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