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TN · HB1956FINAL · 58 COSPONSORS

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to step therapy.

Also relevant to:Senior (65+, Medicare/SS)
Where it is in the process
Plain-English Summary

As enacted, expands the prohibition, from stage 4 advanced metastatic cancer or metastatic blood cancer to any cancer, against a health benefit plan that provides coverage for cancer requiring the use of a step therapy protocol before the health benefit plan provides coverage for an approved prescription drug to an enrollee who has received a diagnosis of cancer. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Source: OpenStates · fetched May 26, 2026

Votes
Sponsorship · 59 Sponsors
Democrat14Republican45Independent0Other0
  • R · PrimeRebecca Alexander
  • R · CoKevin Raper
  • R · CoMary Littleton
  • R · CoIris Rudder
  • R · CoJake McCalmon
  • R · CoGary Hicks
  • R · CoRyan Williams
  • R · CoJeremy Faison
  • R · CoMark White
  • R · CoPat Marsh
  • R · CoWilliam Slater
  • R · CoRon Travis
  • R · CoClark Boyd
  • R · CoRusty Grills
  • R · CoJason Zachary
  • R · CoRichard Scarbrough
  • R · CoLowell Russell
  • R · CoTim Hicks
  • R · CoBrock Martin
  • R · CoGreg Vital
  • R · CoRon Gant
  • R · CoSusan Lynn
  • R · CoMichele Carringer
  • R · CoAron Maberry
  • R · CoTandy Darby
  • R · CoClay Doggett
  • R · CoEsther Helton-Haynes
  • D · CoBob Freeman
  • R · CoWilliam Lamberth
  • R · CoJohn Gillespie
  • R · CoMark Cochran
  • R · CoDebra Moody
  • R · CoDan Howell
  • R · CoDavid Hawk
  • R · CoAndrew Farmer
  • R · CoRenea Jones
  • R · CoPaul Sherrell
  • R · CoJerome Moon
  • D · CoTorrey Harris
  • D · CoVincent Dixie
  • D · CoAntonio Parkinson
  • R · CoJohn Crawford
  • D · CoBo Mitchell
  • R · CoMichael Hale
  • D · CoJustin Pearson
  • R · CoRush Bricken
  • R · CoElaine Davis
  • D · CoJason Powell
  • D · CoKaren Camper
  • R · CoBryan Terry
  • R · CoDave Wright
  • R · CoKip Capley
  • D · CoRonnie Glynn
  • R · CoDennis Powers
  • D · CoJesse Chism
  • D · CoYusuf Hakeem
  • D · CoCaleb Hemmer
  • D · CoHarold Love
  • D · CoJohn Clemmons
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