Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 1655: Health Care - As introduced, adds clinical informatics, lifestyle medicine, and medical virtualist to the list of words or abbreviations that a person may attach to a name to indicate or induce another person to believe that the person is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.

In committee Last action January 21, 2026: P2C, ref. to Health Committee

Plain-language summary

HB 1655 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 14, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Health Care - As introduced, adds clinical informatics, lifestyle medicine, and medical virtualist to the list of words or abbreviations that a person may attach to a name to indicate or induce another person to believe that the person is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6. Primary sponsor: Brock Martin (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 21, 2026): P2C, ref. to Health Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Brock Martin (Republican).