Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly

Tennessee SB2533: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 38 and Title 41, relative to mental health.

Status: Chaptered, May 18, 2026

Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary ON APRIL 21, 2026, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS # 1 AND 2 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1816, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, require the Tennessee opioid abatement council to allocate funds held in the opioid abatement fund as outlined below. From amounts that are not required to be disbursed to the counties pursuant to present law, this amendment provides it is the legislative intent that the council must allocate: (1) $12,300,000 to the bureau of TennCare to be distributed in the amount of $4,100,000 per year in fiscal years 2026-2027, 2027-2028, and 2028-2029 for the purpose of supplementing the per member per month adult mobile crisis payments paid to the nonprofit community behavioral health provider contracted entities that provide mobile crisis services across this state for TennCare enrollees. (2) $25,000,000 to the department of mental health and substance abuse services in fiscal year 2026-2027 for the purpose of funding crisis, residential, and inpatient treatment services for uninsured individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Funds must be used to expand access, capacity, and stabilization services for such population. For amounts paid into the opioid abatement fund on or after July 1, 2026, and not allocated pursuant to the above allocations, this amendment requires 10% of the funds available to the council, after accounting for proceeds required to be disbursed to the counties pursuant to present law, to be allocated to the department of mental health and substance abuse services for deposit into a separate account within the opioid abatement fund. Amounts in this account must be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in (2) above. Disbursements to this account must be made at the time county disburs