Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, increases from three to five the maximum number of nonrelated persons in a home for the aged to be considered a tier 1 home for the aged; increases from four to six the maximum number of nonrelated persons in a home for the aged to be considered a tier 2 home for the aged. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.

HB 1899 changes Tennessee's rules for classifying homes providing care for elderly residents. It increases the maximum number of nonrelated people allowed in a "tier 1" home for the aged from three to five, and raises the minimum number required for a "tier 2" home from four to six. This means homes with four or five nonrelated residents will now be classified as tier 1 (instead of tier 2 under current rules). The bill directly affects all residential care facilities for the elderly in Tennessee that operate under these size-based classification rules.