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

HB 2498: 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.

Enacted Last action April 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 765

Plain-language summary

HB 2498 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 3, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Kip Capley (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 24, 2026): Pub. Ch. 765.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Kip Capley (Republican).