TN HB1061The bill prohibits ambulance service providers that are not part of a patient's health insurance network from charging extra fees for emergency ambulance services. It also sets rules on what these providers can charge for their services. This aims to protect patients from unexpected medical bills when they need emergency help.
Supporters of the bill argue that it will provide much-needed financial protection for patients who find themselves in emergency situations, ensuring they are not burdened with surprise medical bills from ambulance services. They believe this legislation promotes fair billing practices and enhances access to emergency care without financial fear.
Critics of the bill may argue that it could limit the revenue for out-of-network ambulance services, potentially leading to reduced availability of these services. They might also express concerns that the established billing limits could affect the quality of care provided in emergencies.
The sponsor of HB1061, Greg Vital, has a professional background as a healthcare executive and is the President and CEO of Morning Pointe Senior Living. Additionally, he is a co-founder of Independent Healthcare Properties, LLC, which operates in the real estate sector. While these roles do not directly involve ambulance services, they are part of the broader healthcare industry. The bill aims to regulate billing practices for out-of-network ambulance services, which could indirectly affect healthcare facilities and providers by potentially altering the financial dynamics of emergency service billing. However, there is no direct evidence that the sponsor's personal financial interests in senior living or healthcare real estate would be significantly impacted by this legislation.
Unlike federal analysis based on campaign donations, state analysis examines legislators' personal financial interests — their jobs, businesses, and investments.
| Type | Description | Industry | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Healthcare Executive | — | AI-researched |
| Employer | President and CEO of Morning Pointe Senior Living | — | TN Legislature bio |
| Business Owner | Co-founder of Independent Healthcare Properties, LLC | Real Estate | AI-researched |
| Board Member | Board member of the Tennessee Aquarium | — | AI-researched |
| Employer | CHARLES SCHWAB & CO - IRA & 401(K) | Securities & Investment | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | CHARLES SCHWAB & CO - VARIOUS INVESTMENTS (SIMON QUICK) | Securities & Investment | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | CHESTNUT REAL ESTATE FUNDS, LLC | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | DOME HOLDINGS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | OOLTEWAH REACH INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE - RENTAL INCOME | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | ROCKPOINT BANK - CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | ROCKPOINT BANK - STOCK | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | SOUTHEAST BANK - CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | STATE OF TN - SALARY & 401(K), STATE REPRESENTATIVE | Government | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | FIRST HORIZON BANK - SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | FARM INCOME - BUFFALO AND HAY SALES | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | UBS - MONEY MARKET AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY SERVICES, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | HERITAGE HEALTH FOOD, INC. | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC. | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | ALDERMAN ENTERPRISES LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | INDEPENDENT HEALTHCARE PROPERTIES, LLC | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | COMMERCIAL RENTAL INCOME - HWY 60 BUILDING | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | ASHWOOD MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | CUSTOM HOUSE REALTY PARTNERS LLC | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | DANVILLE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | EAST HAMILTON MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | FRANKFORT MEDICAL INVESOTRS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | KENTUCKY MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC - RICHMOND SR COMMUNITY | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | KEYSTONE MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | LAKESHORE COVE HOLDINGS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | LEXINGTON ALZ INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | LEXINGTON EAST MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | LEXINGTON MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | LOUDON ALZ INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | PELLISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | POWELL MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | RUSSELL ALZ INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | MCMINN DEVELOPMENT HOLDINGS, GP | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | FIRST HORIZON BANK - ADVISORY BOARD | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | MILLENNIUM BANCSHARES | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | HARDIN MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | WALKER DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | HARPETH MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | SPRING HILL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | LOUDON COUNTY MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Employer | BUILTWELL BANK - MONEY MARKET | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Business Owner | COLLEGEDALE TOMMORROW FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER from Jan 2019 to current | Education | TN Ethics Commission |
| Business Owner | FIRST HORIZON BANK ADVISORY BOARD PAID BOARD MEMBER from Jan 2019 to current | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Business Owner | HERITAGE HEALTH FOOD INC BOARD MEMBER from Jan 2019 to current | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Business Owner | MORNING POINTE FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER from Jan 2019 to current | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Business Owner | NATIONAL PARK PARTNERS BOARD MEMBER from Jan 2019 to current | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Business Owner | NATIONAL PARKS ACTION FUND BOARD MEMBER from Jan 2019 to current | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Business Owner | NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBER from Jan 2019 to current | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Business Owner | ROSENWALD PARK CAMPAIGN BOARD MEMBER from Jan 2019 to current | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Business Owner | TENNESSEE VALLEY CORRIDOR BOARD MEMBER from Jan 2019 to current | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Business Owner | THE COLLEGE SYSTEM OF TN FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER from Jan 2019 to current | Education | TN Ethics Commission |
| Business Owner | THE EAST TN HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD MEMBER from Jan 2019 to current | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Business Owner | THE LAND TRUST OF TENNESSEE BOARD MEMBER from Jan 2019 to current | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Business Owner | THRIVE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP BOARD MEMBER from Jan 2019 to current | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Business Owner | INDEPENDENT HEALTHCARE PROPERTIES, LLC PRESIDENT from Jan 1996 to current | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | FIRST HORIZON BANK SAVINGS | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | FIRST HORIZON ADVISORS - MUTUAL FUNDS AND STOCKS | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | SOUTEAST BANK - CERFICATE OF DEPOSIT | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | UBS - MONEY MARKET, MUTUAL FUNDS AND STOCKS | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | HERITAGE HEATLH FOODS - NOTE RECEIVABLE | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | HERITAGE HEALTH FOODS - STOCK | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | HHF PARTNERSHIP - NOTE RECEIVABLE | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | CHARLES SCHWAB & CO - 401(K) | Securities & Investment | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEMS | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | HAPPY VALLEY FARM HOLDINGS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | HVF - DRY VALLEY, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | RHINOGRAM, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | ROCK POINT BANK - STOCK | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | RESOLUTE CAPITAL FUND IV, LP | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | REAL ESTATE - BIRCHWOOD PIKE INVESTMENT | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | REAL ESTATE - VITAL BLYTHE FERRY, LLC | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | REAL ESTATE - DOGWOOD DR (PERSONAL RESIDENCE) | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | REAL ESTATE - HWY 60 - COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | REAL ESTATE - FARM LANDS (VARIOUS TRACTS) | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | STONE BARN FARM, GP | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE - CASH SURRENDER VALUE | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | LANDVEST DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES, LLC | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | HIXSON DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES, LLC | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | DANVILLE DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES, LLC | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | IHP - CAMBRIDGE, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | IHP HONORS HOLDINGS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | EAST HAMILTON DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES, LLC | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | HARDIN VALLEY DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES, LLC | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | BRENTWOOD MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | DANVILLE MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | FRANKFORT MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | HARDIN VALLEY MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | KENTUCKY MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | LOUISVILLE DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES, LLC | Real Estate | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | LOUDON MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | PELLISSIPPI MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | POWELL ALZ INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | SHALLOWFORD DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | IHP - POB2, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | PREMIUM GUARD, INC. | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | VITAL GRASSHOPPER COVE, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | WALKER MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | ASLAN FUND II, LP | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | DANVILLE SENIOR LIVING, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | HARDIN VALLEY ALZ INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | EAST HAMILTON ALZ INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | OWENSBORO MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
| Asset | WALKER ALZ INVESTORS, LLC | — | TN Ethics Commission |
Items marked "AI-researched" are generated from public sources but have not been independently verified. Verified data is sourced from official legislature websites and disclosure filings.
About This Analysis
This summary was generated using AI from the bill's official text and metadata. Data sourced from LegiScan and the Tennessee General Assembly. Conflict analysis examines the sponsor's personal financial interests for potential overlaps with the bill's subject matter.
