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

SB 1797: Managed Care Organizations - As enacted, prohibits a managed care organization from including a provision in the managed care organization's contract with a qualified nursing facility to provide medicaid nursing facility services, that permit actual or constructive termination by the MCO without cause, for convenience, or termination without specifying the grounds for termination; requires the bureau of TennCare, in conjunction with the department of commerce and insurance, to review and approve all standard contract templates used by MCOs for facility contracting to ensure compliance. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 68, Chapter 11 and Title 71, Chapter 5.

In committee Last action May 26, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1004

Plain-language summary

SB 1797 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Managed Care Organizations - As enacted, prohibits a managed care organization from including a provision in the managed care organization's contract with a qualified nursing facility to provide medicaid nursing facility services, that permit actual or constructive termination by the MCO without cause, for convenience, or termination without specifying the grounds for termination; requires the bureau of TennCare, in conjunction with the department of commerce and insurance, to review and approve all standard contract templates used by MCOs for facility contracting to ensure compliance. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 68, Chapter 11 and Title 71, Chapter 5. Primary sponsor: Reeves. Most recent recorded action (May 26, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1004.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Reeves.