SB0231

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

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Tennessee SB0231 mandates health benefit plans to cover speech therapy for stuttering and other impairments.

Tennessee SB0231 amends state laws to require health benefit plans to cover habilitative speech therapy for stuttering and rehabilitative speech therapy for lost or impaired skills. Effective July 1, 2025, these plans must cover speech therapy without annual limits, disease-based restrictions, or utilization review. Coverage includes both in-person and telehealth services.

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Sponsors

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Roll Call Votes

85 Yea

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4 Nay

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Calendar

Mar 11, 2025

1:00 PM

Senate Commerce And Labor Hearing

History

May 15, 2025

Pub. Ch. 416

May 15, 2025

Effective date(s) 05/09/2025

May 9, 2025

Senate

Signed by Governor.