Tennessee General Assembly· SB 2083Signed by Governor.

Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, increases from three to five the maximum number of nonrelated persons in a home for the aged to be considered a tier 1 home for the aged; increases from four to six the , the official text

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                              PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 973

                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 2083

                                                             By Watson

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 1899

                                                              By Slater

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 11, relative to healthcare facilities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-11-201(23)(A), is amended by deleting
the subdivision and substituting:

                    (A) "Home for the aged" means a home represented and held out to the general
          public as a home that primarily accepts an aged person for relatively permanent, domiciliary
          care and provides room, board, and personal services and that is categorized as either a tier
          1 home for the aged or a tier 2 home for the aged as follows:

                              (i) A home for the aged that houses five (5) or fewer nonrelated persons is a
                    tier 1 home for the aged; and

                              (ii) A home for the aged that houses six (6) or more nonrelated persons is a
                    tier 2 home for the aged;

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 2083

PASSED:  April 20, 2026

                                             RANDYMcNA
                               SPEAKER OF THE SEN.

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                         CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED this \ ~ day of t'V'\7  2026

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR

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