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

SB 2118: 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.

In committee Last action April 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 765

Plain-language summary

SB 2118 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 22, 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: Adam Lowe (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 24, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 765.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Adam Lowe (Republican).