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

SB 435: Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires a health insurer that issues, amends, delivers, or renews a contract or agreement for a health benefit plan to take effect on or after January 1, 2027, to include coverage for biomarker testing; requires a TennCare health benefit plan that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, to provide coverage for biomarker testing when medically necessary. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 435 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires a health insurer that issues, amends, delivers, or renews a contract or agreement for a health benefit plan to take effect on or after January 1, 2027, to include coverage for biomarker testing; requires a TennCare health benefit plan that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, to provide coverage for biomarker testing when medically necessary. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Primary sponsor: Reeves. Most recent recorded action (May 14, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 929.

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Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
ReevesPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 929
  2. Sponsor(s) Added.
  3. Companion House Bill substituted
  4. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026
  5. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026
  6. Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
  7. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/7/2026
  8. Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 3/17/2026
  9. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/10/2026
  10. Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/10/2026
  11. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/3/2026
  12. Sponsor(s) Added.

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source