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

SB 1681: Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, prohibits a hospital emergency department, including a satellite emergency department, from denying to a woman who presents at such facility and purports or, if incapacitated, appears to be pregnant and experiencing active labor, other symptoms associated with active labor, or an emergency medical condition, an appropriate medical screening examination within the capability of the emergency department, including ancillary services routinely available to the emergency department, to determine whether or not an emergency medical condition or active labor exists; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

Enacted Last action May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1080

Plain-language summary

SB 1681 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 14, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, prohibits a hospital emergency department, including a satellite emergency department, from denying to a woman who presents at such facility and purports or, if incapacitated, appears to be pregnant and experiencing active labor, other symptoms associated with active labor, or an emergency medical condition, an appropriate medical screening examination within the capability of the emergency department, including ancillary services routinely available to the emergency department, to determine whether or not an emergency medical condition or active labor exists; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68. Primary sponsor: London Lamar (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2026): Pub. Ch. 1080.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: London Lamar (Democratic).