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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 210
SENATE BILL NO. 440
By Walley
Substituted for: House Bill No. 927
By Hawk, Renea Jones
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56, relative to excepted benefits exemptions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56, Chapter 26, Part 1, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:
Notwithstanding this title, excepted benefits as defined in § 56-7-2802 are exempt from
a requirement to provide coverage for a specific person, provider, treatment, service, condition,
or disease unless coverage of excepted benefits is expressly required by law.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and applies to
policies or contracts for insurance that are entered into, issued, delivered, amended, or renewed on
or after that date.
SENATE BILL NO. 440
PASSED: Apri I 3, 2025
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
CAMERO~XTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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