For the first time in three years, TennCare will verify the eligibility of all those receiving the state health insurance, due to legislation passed in Congress Friday. The 12-month unwinding process will begin April 1. 

Since January 2020, under the federal public health emergency, those on TennCare have not been required to renew their coverage. Where typically people would be cycled off each year due to ineligibility, the number of those enrolled in TennCare has grown to more than 1.7 million from a typical 1.4 million in the last three years.