{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-8-27-211","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-27-211","heading":"Healthcare incentive program for state employees and retirees","body":"(a) As used in this section: (1) \"Governmental entity\" includes a county or municipal government; (2) \"Public hospital\" means a hospital located in a county having a metropolitan form of government with a population of more than five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 2020 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and that is owned by a metropolitan hospital authority created under the Metropolitan Hospital Authority Act, compiled in title 7, chapter 57; and (3) \"State employee\" includes a university employee and an employee under the state board of regents. (b) Public hospitals have the authority, upon approval of the hospital's governing body, to establish a state employee and retiree healthcare incentive program that will allow for the waiver of applicable out-of-pocket expenses associated with medical, surgical, or mental health care at the public hospital, including deductibles, except those deductibles associated with a high deductible plan, copays, and co-insurance, for state employees and retirees and their covered dependents participating in the state group insurance plan under this part. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1036,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.\n(a) As used in this section: (1) \"Governmental entity\" includes a county or municipal government; (2) \"Public hospital\" means a hospital located in a county having a metropolitan form of government with a population of more than five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 2020 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and that is owned by a metropolitan hospital authority created under the Metropolitan Hospital Authority Act, compiled in title 7, chapter 57; and (3) \"State employee\" includes a university employee and an employee under the state board of regents.\n(1) \"Governmental entity\" includes a county or municipal government;\n(2) \"Public hospital\" means a hospital located in a county having a metropolitan form of government with a population of more than five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 2020 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and that is owned by a metropolitan hospital authority created under the Metropolitan Hospital Authority Act, compiled in title 7, chapter 57; and\n(3) \"State employee\" includes a university employee and an employee under the state board of regents.\n(b) Public hospitals have the authority, upon approval of the hospital's governing body, to establish a state employee and retiree healthcare incentive program that will allow for the waiver of applicable out-of-pocket expenses associated with medical, surgical, or mental health care at the public hospital, including deductibles, except those deductibles associated with a high deductible plan, copays, and co-insurance, for state employees and retirees and their covered dependents participating in the state group insurance plan under this part.","path":["TN Code","Title 8","Chapter 27"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"0de0dc95a640e840a9e97e48a11ba11e257bf1154d2a1032ae56a24559f3517b","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-8-27-210","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-8-27-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}