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TN Code § 71-1-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-102. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of human services;   “Department” means the department of human services;   “Director” means the director of a division within the department;   “Division” means one (1) of the divisions created within the department of human services for the purposes of administration;   “Region” means one (1) or more counties grouped for the purpose of local administration; and   “Regional director” means the director of a region.
TN Code § 71-1-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-103. Department Created

 There is created a department of state government, which shall be known and designated as the department of human services.
TN Code § 71-1-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-104. Succession to Previous Agencies — Workshop for Blind

  The department shall in all respects be the legal successor to the corporate powers, duties, and responsibilities of the commission for the blind, and any other state welfare commissions other than those that may be excepted by § 71-1-105(a)(1). The department shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of these agencies; provided, that the workshops for the blind located at Nashville and Memphis shall, through this department or by contract with a nonprofit organization or organizations, continue to be operated for the employment of blind persons.   Notwithstanding § 12-2-112 or § 12-2-403, the department has the authority, subject to the approval of the state building commission, to convey ownership of the workshops to any such contractor without financial consideration, including real and personal property, inventory of materials, and stores for resale. The instrument of conveyance to such nonprofit contractor shall provide that the real property and production equipment conveyed, or sufficient remuneration for the real property and production equipment, shall revert to the state at any time the contractor or its successor shall cease operating a workshop for the benefit of the blind, unless the state finds in its sole discretion that it is in the state's best interest to allow such real property and production equipment to be sold to such contractor or contractor's successor at such time as the contractor or contractor's successor shall cease operating a workshop for the benefit of the blind. If the state deems it appropriate to convey such real property and production equipment to the contractor, then the amount of remuneration to be paid by the contractor or its successor to the state shall be determined at the time the real property and production equipment is originally conveyed to the contractor, to be based upon the appraised value of the real property and production equipment at the time of the original conveyance to the contractor.
TN Code § 71-1-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-106. Appointment of Chief Officer and Personnel

 The chief administrative and executive officer of the department shall be appointed by the governor solely on a basis of merit as measured by education, ability, and experience in the administration of public welfare activities and without regard to residence or political affiliation. Such officer shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. Such officer shall have general charge and supervision of the department and shall appoint the heads of such divisions as may be created. The choice of personnel shall be made on the basis of merit as measured by experience and training in each particular field. Vacancies in superior positions shall be filled so far as practicable by promotion based on meritorious service.
TN Code § 71-1-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-107. Duties of Commissioner

 As chief executive officer of the department, the commissioner shall be charged with the supervision and administration of all welfare activities subject to its jurisdiction. The commissioner at all times has the power, which the commissioner may also delegate to officers and employees of the department, of visitation, inspection and administration of local governmental welfare agencies subject to the commissioner's supervision and the books, records and accounts of each institution or agency shall be open to the commissioner's inspection. In the supervision and administration of local welfare activities, the commissioner shall advise with local authorities, and may provide such specialized services as may be necessary to the end that the laws shall be faithfully executed and that the various welfare agencies of the local government shall function effectively in relationship to one another and to the department.
TN Code § 71-1-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-108. Authority Over Personnel

 The commissioner has the power, having regard to the efficient performance of the department's functions, to create positions in the department and in any division, region, agency, institution or service of the department for the accomplishment of the purposes of this part and to abolish these positions and the existing positions of officers and employees who by this part are transferred to the department. The positions in the department shall be classified by the commissioner according to the nature of the duties to be performed and the minimum qualifications for appointment, and such appointments shall be made on a merit basis. The commissioner, having regard to the nature of the services to be performed and the salaries paid for similar work elsewhere, shall establish a salary range for each class of position and within such salary range shall provide by rule for recognition of efficiency of service and length of service. All matters relating to personnel of the department shall be handled in accordance with, and under rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to authority of, title 8, chapter 30, parts 2 and 3.
TN Code § 71-1-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-109. Legal Assistance — Property — Rules

 The attorney general and reporter shall, when requested, advise the department on matters of law. The department may acquire, hold, and alienate property necessary or desirable for the performance of the functions vested in it by law. It shall have all powers necessary and proper for the carrying out of its functions, including the power to adopt and promulgate rules binding upon itself, and all persons subject to its control.
TN Code § 71-1-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-110. Advisory Committees — Multi-Disciplinary Protective Services Advisory Teams

  The commissioner has the authority to appoint, with the consent and approval of the governor, a committee or committees of citizens to act in an advisory capacity on any matter within the jurisdiction of the department, and to reimburse such members for their actual expenses in attending meetings of such committee or committees called at the commissioner's discretion from time to time. All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.   The commissioner shall establish in each service region at least one (1) multi-disciplinary adult protective services evaluation team for review of protective services cases. All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be in accordance with  the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 71-1-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-111. Hearings — Evidence

 The commissioner has the power to conduct or cause to be conducted hearings relating to the fact determination that the department is authorized or required to make; provided, that the commissioner, and any officer or employee of the department upon written authorization from the commissioner, has the power to administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, issue subpoenas, and require the production of any books and records that may be necessary.
TN Code § 71-1-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-113. Expenditure of Funds

 The department shall administer and expend funds appropriated to it by the general assembly or available from allotments by the federal government to the state or from contributions from the counties, cities, or other local units of government, or from other sources, in carrying out the duties imposed upon it by § 71-1-105, including the special training of personnel required to carry out such duties, and including grants to public or other nonprofit institutions of higher learning for training personnel employed or preparing for employment in a public welfare program, and for such other purposes as may be specified by law or delegated to it by the governor, including the publication of reports and the dissemination of information as to the cause and treatment of social ill-being and the prevention of maladjustment and delinquency.
TN Code § 71-1-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-114. Compliance With Federal Requirements Authorized

 In the event that the federal government increases the percentages of funds to be furnished by it that may be matched by the state and used in connection with Chapters 2 4 of this title, providing assistance to aged persons, aid to dependent children, or any successor program, and aid to the needy blind, the department is authorized to conform to the provisions of federal acts relating to the matching of administrative expense in a higher ratio than provided in such acts and to conform to the provisions for a higher ratio of matching of funds for assistance purposes. The department is further authorized to use any funds granted by the federal government in connection with such programs for the purpose for which they are granted and subject to the limitations or conditions contained in such grants.
TN Code § 71-1-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-115. Conditions Imposed on Local Governments

 Whenever the department has discretion to expend funds appropriated for the purposes either through the officers and employees of the department or in the form of grants-in-aid to local governmental authorities, it shall decide with reference to the use of grants-in-aid according to the availability and adequacy of the facilities under the control of the local governmental authorities, as compared with the facilities of the department for furnishing the services required to be rendered; such funds shall be made available according to uniform rules to all local authorities performing similar functions. In formulating such rules, the department has the power to:   Fix minimum standards of service and efficiency to be required of the local governmental authorities in carrying out the functions reposed in them by law;   Provide for the termination of any grant-in-aid to any such authority whenever the department shall find that such minimum standards are not being complied with; and   Require that as a condition of receiving grants-in-aid the local units of government shall bear specific proportions of the total expense of performing the designated functions.
TN Code § 71-1-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-116. Judicial Enforcement of Subpoena — Notice — Inspection of Employment Records and Credit Bureau Reports

   If a person, firm, or corporation subpoenaed pursuant to authority granted pursuant to § 71-1-105(a)(17)(A) fails to comply with the subpoena, after reasonable notice to the person, firm, or corporation, the department may seek judicial enforcement of the subpoena by filing, through the attorney general and reporter, a petition with the circuit or chancery court of Davidson County or of the judicial district in which such person, firm, or corporation resides.   A petition filed pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) must incorporate or be accompanied by a certification regarding the notice given and the failure of such person, firm, or corporation to attend or produce the items requested.   Upon the filing of a petition pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) in the proper form, the court shall order the person, firm, or corporation named in the petition to appear and show cause why the person, firm, or corporation should not be required to comply with the subpoena or be held in contempt for failure to comply. The court may employ all judicial power provided by law to compel compliance with a subpoena requested pursuant to subdivision (a)(1), including the powers granted in §§ 29-9-103 — 29-9-106. The court is authorized to impose costs and sanctions against any person, firm, or corporation against whom a petition is filed pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) in the same manner and on the same bases as may be imposed for failure to comply with judicially issued subpoenas under the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure. The court may order the person, firm, or corporation to comply with the subpoena and may punish each day of noncompliance with the order as a separate contempt of court.   The subpoena enforcement remedies set forth in subdivision (a)(3) are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.     Employment records, as defined in § 71-1-105(a)(17)(B), shall be open to inspection and copying by a department representative at any reasonable time and as often as may be necessary.   The department shall also have the right to compare information reported to the department by applicants or recipients with data maintained by the credit bureaus.
TN Code § 71-1-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-117. Public Inspection of Welfare Lists

 The commissioner is authorized and instructed to make public to any citizen of Tennessee through the office of the commissioner or county human services offices the names of all recipients of public welfare grants and the amount of each grant per month, each list to be broken down by counties. Only the list containing the recipients resident in a particular county is to be available for inspection in that county. The lists of all counties are to be available for inspection in the office of the commissioner.
TN Code § 71-1-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-118. Restrictions on Use of Welfare List

  The welfare lists referred to in § 71-1-117 cannot be used for political or commercial purposes and no one will be permitted to copy such a list.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 71-1-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-119. Utilization of Senior Citizens' Services

 The department may establish a program utilizing senior citizens as volunteers and, to the extent funds are available, as employees in programs that provide services for children, persons with disabilities and other senior citizens. The department may utilize such federal funds as are available for these purposes.
TN Code § 71-1-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-120. Federal Funds — Administrative Economy

 This section shall be construed, insofar as is practicable, so as to be consistent with Title XX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 1397 et seq.),  and regulations issued under the authority of that act. The commissioner shall take reasonable steps to assure that the cost of administering, monitoring, and overseeing services performed by public providers and private providers shall be accomplished as economically as practicable. In the event that such expenditures are estimated to exceed six percent (6%) of the total estimated expenditures for services provided by public providers and private providers, the commissioner shall include in the annual service plan a statement to that effect, accompanied with an explanation of the reasons why such expenditures cannot be held to or below six percent (6%) of the estimated cost of services provided by public and private providers.
TN Code § 71-1-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-121. Access to Public Assistance Records by Authorized Counsel

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the department shall grant access to all public assistance records, reports, documents, case files or other similar documents about a person who has applied for or is receiving or has received public assistance, including, but not limited to, temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), or any successor program, food assistance pursuant to chapter 5, part 3 of this title, medicaid and Title XX services (42 U.S.C. §§ 1397 et seq.), to authorized counsel for the person.
TN Code § 71-1-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-122. Review of Human Services Advisory Committees

 The human services advisory committees appointed by the commissioner shall periodically be subject to review pursuant to the governmental entity review law, compiled in title 4, chapter 29, simultaneously with, and as an adjunct to, the department.
TN Code § 71-1-130 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-130. Day Care Services — Rate of Reimbursement — Market Rate Study

  The department shall perform a market rate study of day care rates annually.   In compliance with federal law and regulations and from the market rate study, the department shall annually determine an amount to be paid as reimbursement on behalf of low-income families, for the provision of child or infant care by a day care center, family day care home, or group day care home.   The commissioner shall report to the governor and the general assembly, no later than October 1 of each year, the results of the market rate study and the annual rate that has been requested by the department in its budget.   The average rate to be paid by the department for day care services in fiscal year 1990-1991 shall be forty-six dollars ($46.00) per week. An additional two dollars ($2.00) per day may be paid for transportation in “as-needed” day care, if it is furnished by the day care provider.   The amounts to be paid by the department for day care services and transportation under this section shall be subject to the availability of funding each year in the general appropriations act.   In any case where the department terminates a certificate for an eligible child for child care services with a child care provider, the department shall promptly, but in any event within forty-eight (48) hours, inform the provider that the child's certificate is or will no longer be in effect.    A parent or other caretaker of an eligible child who receives a subsidy certificate from the department shall be solely responsible for payment to the provider of child care services any required copayments or other payments required pursuant to any contractual agreement with the provider of child care services.   Unless extenuating circumstances or other good cause applies as determined by the department, upon removal of a child from a provider of child care services, no subsidy certificate shall be issued or any payments made by the department on behalf of the child to any subsequent provider of child care services, unless the parent or other caretaker of the eligible child has made all required copayments to, or has reached an agreement regarding outstanding copayments with, the previous provider of child care services.   For purposes of this subsection (g), “copayment” means the department-imposed fee required to be paid by the parent or caretaker on behalf of the eligible child to the provider of child care services as a condition for the receipt of a subsidy certificate.   Nothing in this subsection (g) shall be construed to require the department to resolve or mediate any dispute between the parent or caretaker of any eligible child and the provider of child care services relative to outstanding copayments.
TN Code § 71-1-134 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department of Human Services|§ 71-1-134. License, Certification or Registration — Notifications — Prerequisites — Website — Electronic Notifications

  The department and each board, commission, agency or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title shall notify each applicant for a professional or occupational license, certification or registration from the department, board, commission, agency or other governmental entity where to obtain a copy of any statutes, rules, guidelines, and policies setting forth the prerequisites for the license, certification or registration and shall, upon request, make available to the applicant a copy of the statutes, rules, guidelines, and policies.   The department and each board, commission, agency or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title shall notify each holder of a professional or occupational license, certification or registration from the board, commission, agency or other governmental entity of changes in state law that impact the holder and are implemented or enforced by the entity, including newly promulgated or amended statutes, rules, policies, and guidelines, upon the issuance and upon each renewal of a holder's license, certification or registration.   The department and each board, commission, agency or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title shall establish and maintain a link or links on the entity's website to the statutes, rules, policies, and guidelines that are implemented or enforced by the entity and that impact an applicant for, or a holder of, a professional or occupational license, certification, or registration from the entity.    The department and each board, commission, agency, or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title shall allow each holder of a professional or occupational license, certification or registration from the department, board, commission, agency or other governmental entity to have the option of being notified by electronic mail of:  Renewals of the holder's license, certification or registration;   Any fee increases;   Any changes in state law that impact the holder and are implemented or enforced by the entity, including newly promulgated or amended statutes, rules, policies and guidelines; and   Any meeting where changes in rules or fees are on the agenda. For purposes of this subdivision (d)(1)(D), the electronic notice shall be at least forty-five (45) days in advance of the meeting, unless it is an emergency meeting then the notice shall be sent as soon as is practicable.     The department and each board, commission, agency or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title shall notify each holder of a license, certification or registration of the availability of receiving electronic notices pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) upon issuance or renewal of the holder's license, certification or registration.