SB 2496: Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, prohibits a hospital from negotiating or entering into an anti-competitive agreement or engage in anti-competitive conduct with other hospitals in this state; prohibits state funds from being used to facilitate, or otherwise further, an activity that constitutes the active supervision of anti-competitive conduct in the healthcare sector. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 13.

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SB 2496 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, prohibits a hospital from negotiating or entering into an anti-competitive agreement or engage in anti-competitive conduct with other hospitals in this state; prohibits state funds from being used to facilitate, or otherwise further, an activity that constitutes the active supervision of anti-competitive conduct in the healthcare sector. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 13. Primary sponsor: Sara Kyle (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2026): Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee.

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