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TN Code § 33-6-1008 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 10 - Declarations for Mental Health Treatment|§ 33-6-1008. New Mental Health Care Provider to Receive Copy of Declaration

  If a mental health service provider has a person's declaration for mental health treatment and learns that the person is being provided mental health treatment by another provider, the mental health service provider shall provide the current service provider with a copy of the declaration.   If a mental health service provider knows that a person has revoked a declaration for mental health treatment and learns that the person is being provided mental health treatment by another provider, the mental health service provider shall notify the current service provider of the revoked declaration.
TN Code § 33-6-1009 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 10 - Declarations for Mental Health Treatment|§ 33-6-1009. Effect of Declarations Executed in Another State

 A declaration for mental health treatment that is validly executed in another state by a nonresident of this state at the time of execution shall be given effect in this state if the declaration for mental health treatment is in compliance with either this part or the laws of the state of the service recipient's residence and the department determines that those laws are essentially as protective of the service recipient as this part.
TN Code § 33-6-1010 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 10 - Declarations for Mental Health Treatment|§ 33-6-1010. Incorporation Into Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care

 A declaration for mental health treatment may be expressed in or incorporated into a durable power of attorney for health care that is executed under title 34, chapter 6, part 2, on or after March 1, 2001. The declaration in that case shall be revocable as to mental health service only under the conditions set in this part.
TN Code § 33-6-1011 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 10 - Declarations for Mental Health Treatment|§ 33-6-1011. Immunity for Actions Taken or Not Taken in Good Faith Reliance on Declaraton

 A physician or mental health service provider who administers or does not administer mental health treatment as provided in and in good faith reliance on the validity of a declaration is not subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability or professional disciplinary action based on a subsequent finding of the declaration's invalidity.
TN Code § 33-6-1012 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 10 - Declarations for Mental Health Treatment|§ 33-6-1012. Admission to Treatment Not to Be Conditioned on Execution of Declaration for Mental Health Treatment

 No mental health service provider, medical service plan, health maintenance organization, insurer issuing disability insurance, self-insured employee welfare plan, or nonprofit hospital plan, or any similar insurance or medical plan, may condition admission to a mental health facility or providing mental or physical health treatment or insurance on the requirement that a person execute a declaration for mental health treatment.
TN Code § 33-6-1013 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 10 - Declarations for Mental Health Treatment|§ 33-6-1013. Destruction or Alteration of Declaration Prohibited — Penalty

  It is an offense for a person, without authorization of the service recipient, intentionally to alter, forge, conceal, or destroy a declaration for mental health treatment, the revocation of a declaration, or any other evidence or document reflecting the service recipient's desires and interests, with the intent or effect of affecting the service recipient's mental health treatment.   An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 33-6-1014 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 10 - Declarations for Mental Health Treatment|§ 33-6-1014. Standard Form for Declaration for Mental Health Treatment

  The department shall make available a standard form and explanation for declarations for mental health treatment in simple language and easily read type with adequate space to express the preferences and instructions of the service recipient.   The form shall include at least the following information:  The effect of making the declaration;   The basic power of a service recipient to control mental health treatment and involuntary treatment authority;   The general range of mental health treatment processes that the service recipient might consider;   The conditions under which the declaration may be acted on; and   How to revoke a declaration.     The form shall include places for at least the following types of preferences and instructions to be written:  Symptoms that may suggest use of the declaration;   Psychoactive medication;   Electroconvulsive or other convulsive treatment;   Admission to and remaining in mental health facilities;   Actions that the service recipient refuses to permit;   Mental health service providers; and   Other matters on which the service recipient may have preferences or instructions or wish to provide information to mental health service providers.
TN Code § 33-6-1015 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 10 - Declarations for Mental Health Treatment|§ 33-6-1015. Providers to Have Written Policies and Procedures Relating to Declarations for Mental Health Treatment

  A mental health service provider shall maintain written policies and procedures, applicable to all competent adults who receive mental health treatment from the service provider, that provide for:  Delivering to service recipients the following information and material, in written form, without recommendation:  Information materials provided by the state on the right to make mental health treatment decisions, including the right to accept or refuse mental health treatment and the right to execute declarations for mental health treatment;   Information on the policies of the provider with respect to implementation of the right to make mental health treatment decisions;   A copy of the declaration for mental health treatment form; and   The name of a person who can provide additional information concerning the forms for declarations for mental health treatment;     Documenting in a prominent place in the service recipient's record whether there is an executed declaration for mental health treatment;   Ensuring compliance by the provider with the law relating to declarations for mental health treatment; and   Educating the staff and the community on issues relating to declarations for mental health treatment.     A provider need not furnish a copy of a declaration for mental health treatment to a service recipient if the provider has reason to believe that the service recipient has received a copy of a declaration in the form set forth in this part within the preceding twelve (12) month period or has a validly executed declaration.   The requirements of this section are in addition to any requirements that may be imposed under federal law and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with federal law. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to require a mental health service provider or any employee or agent of a mental health service provider to act in a manner inconsistent with federal law or contrary to the provider's religious or philosophical beliefs.   No mental health service provider is subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for failure to comply with this section.
TN Code § 33-7-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 7 - Security Units and Forensic Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 33-7-101. Examination of Patients

 Any person with mental illness hospitalized under this chapter or held in a forensic services unit shall be examined as often as practicable but not less often than every three (3) months.
TN Code § 33-7-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 7 - Security Units and Forensic Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 33-7-102. Credit Toward Sentence — Release

  Whenever a person is hospitalized or receives evaluation or treatment services under this chapter in connection with a criminal charge or conviction, wherever incarcerated, the person shall receive credit toward the satisfaction of the sentence for the time spent in the custody of the commissioner.   When a person has been transferred from the department of correction to the custody of the commissioner, the person shall be released from the custody of the commissioner at the expiration of the sentence unless a judicial hospitalization order has been entered with respect to the person.
TN Code § 33-7-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 7 - Security Units and Forensic Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 33-7-103. Judicial Hospitalization Order as Transfer of Custody

 Without regard to its wording, any court order of hospitalization in a hospital or unit of a hospital shall be considered in law as a transfer of the person to the custody of the commissioner.
TN Code § 33-7-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 7 - Security Units and Forensic Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 33-7-104. Admissions to a State-Owned or Operated Facility

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all admissions or transfers to a state-owned or operated hospital or treatment resource under this chapter shall be subject to available suitable accommodations as defined in § 33-1-101, and no admission to a state-owned or operated hospital or treatment resource under this chapter shall occur until the commissioner has designated the state owned or operated facility as having available suitable accommodations; provided, that, if there are no suitable available accommodations at the time of the determination, then the commissioner shall expeditiously find a state-owned or operated hospital or treatment resource to accommodate the person upon the availability of suitable available accommodations. Prior to transporting a defendant for such evaluation and treatment in a department facility, the sheriff or other transportation agent shall determine that the receiving facility has available suitable accommodations.
TN Code § 33-7-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 7 - Security Units and Forensic Services|Part 2 - Security Units|§ 33-7-201. Creation of Forensic Services Units

 The commissioner shall operate in the state hospitals secure facilities, known as forensic services units, necessary for persons with mental illness who are eligible for admission to the units under this title.
TN Code § 33-7-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 7 - Security Units and Forensic Services|Part 2 - Security Units|§ 33-7-202. Initiation of Commitment Proceedings — Findings Required

  If the commissioner authorizes the transfer of a voluntary service recipient with mental illness to a forensic services unit, the chief officer of the receiving facility shall initiate commitment proceedings under chapter 6, part 5 of this title.   In the proceedings the court shall determine, in addition to the findings required by chapter 6, part 5 of this title, whether the service recipient is substantially likely to injure the person or others if not treated in a forensic services unit and whether treatment in a forensic services unit is in the person's best interest.
TN Code § 33-7-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 7 - Security Units and Forensic Services|Part 2 - Security Units|§ 33-7-203. Discharge From Forensic Services Unit

 When a person in a forensic services unit no longer meets the standards under which the person was admitted to the unit, the chief officer shall cause the person to be discharged or to be returned to the hospital, division or facility from which the person was transferred or to be transferred to another appropriate facility or program.
TN Code § 33-7-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 7 - Security Units and Forensic Services|Part 3 - Forensic Services|§ 33-7-302. Determination and Notice of Restored Competence to Stand Trial

 When the chief officer determines that a defendant in a state hospital or treatment resource who is charged with a crime is restored to competence to stand trial, the chief officer shall give notice of that fact to the clerk of the court by whose order the defendant was confined and deliver the defendant to the sheriff of the county from which the defendant was admitted.
TN Code § 33-7-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 7 - Security Units and Forensic Services|Part 3 - Forensic Services|§ 33-7-304. Cost of Evaluation and Treatment — Court-Ordered Inpatient Evaluation to Be Completed Within Thirty Days of Admission

  The cost of evaluation and treatment under this part, if the defendant is charged with a misdemeanor, will be a charge upon the funds of the county. If the court finds the defendant financially able to pay all or part of the costs and expenses for the evaluation and treatment, the court may order the defendant to pay all or part of the costs and expenses. Payment shall be made to the clerk of the general sessions court for remittance to the person, agency or facility to whom compensation is due, or if the costs and expenses have been paid by the county, to the appropriate office of the county.   Costs of the care or treatment of any defendant ordered by the court and who is charged with a misdemeanor shall be paid by the state only when specifically authorized by law.   Where a court orders a defendant charged with a misdemeanor to be evaluated under § 33-7-301(a), the court shall order that any inpatient evaluation be completed within thirty (30) days of admission to the facility.
TN Code § 33-7-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 7 - Security Units and Forensic Services|Part 4 - Mandatory Community-Based Services|§ 33-7-401. Mandatory Community-Based Services for Felony Defendant Incompetent to Stand Trial but Not Committable

 IF AND ONLY IF   a court with criminal jurisdiction holds a hearing to commit an adult with mental illness under § 33-7-301, AND   the court finds on proof by clear and convincing evidence that the person is:  charged with a felony,   incompetent to stand trial,   not committable under § 33-6-502, AND   at risk of becoming committable, AND     the department certifies to the court that there are funds available within the limits of the department's line item appropriation for services under this section for service to the person,  THEN    the court may order the person to participate in community-based services under a plan approved and developed by the department to attain and maintain competence to stand trial and reduce the risk of becoming committable.
TN Code § 33-7-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 7 - Security Units and Forensic Services|Part 4 - Mandatory Community-Based Services|§ 33-7-402. Mandatory Community-Based Services for Person Found in Need of Services by Forensic Examiner

 If upon completion of an evaluation of a person under § 33-7-301, the department determines that the person meets the standards in § 33-7-401(2)(B), (C), and (D), and (3), the department shall attempt to develop a community-based services plan for the person for the purpose stated. The plan shall be for a maximum of two (2) years, and no person shall participate in the plan for more than two (2) years.
TN Code § 33-7-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 7 - Security Units and Forensic Services|Part 4 - Mandatory Community-Based Services|§ 33-7-403. Hearing

 If a defendant contests a plan proposed by the department under § 33-7-401, the court shall hold a hearing within seven (7) days of receipt of the request to determine whether the plan is programmatically appropriate and legally permissible. The court shall either approve the plan or approve the plan as modified by the department to correct deficiencies found by the court.
TN Code § 33-7-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 7 - Security Units and Forensic Services|Part 4 - Mandatory Community-Based Services|§ 33-7-404. Periodic Need Assessment

 A service provider for a person under § 33-7-401 shall assess the person's needs at least every six (6) months and shall report to the court every six (6) months on the person's progress toward the goal of the plan, prospects for recovery, the person's current condition, the time required for relevant kinds of recovery, and whether there is substantial probability that the person will become competent to stand trial in the foreseeable future. A service provider may request the court to release the person from the plan at any time.
TN Code § 33-7-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 7 - Security Units and Forensic Services|Part 4 - Mandatory Community-Based Services|§ 33-7-405. Referral to Other Service Provider Where Services Under This Part Not Effective

 If after two (2) years of intensive services for competence to stand trial under § 33-7-401, the person has not made substantial progress to attain competence to stand trial, the service provider shall assess the person's needs and may terminate the service plan and recommend to the court that the person be referred to other mental health services as deemed appropriate. The service provider shall report its conclusion to the court before terminating services.
TN Code § 33-8-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 8 - Special Provisions for Children|Part 1 - Services to Children Generally|§ 33-8-101. Applicability of Title to Children

  Services for children who have serious emotional disturbance, mental illness, or developmental disabilities are governed by all of this title. The general assembly finds that supporting families in their role as primary care givers for their children is more humane, efficient, and cost effective than placing children in state custody to obtain necessary services or otherwise placing children in settings outside their homes.   For children covered by this title, the following service principles are fundamental to carrying out the responsibilities of service providers and advocates:  Families and children are most responsible for determining their needs and should be included appropriately in planning and providing service and support;   Families should receive the support they need to care for their children at home;   Service providers and advocates should enable families and children to make good decisions concerning necessary, desirable, and appropriate services;   Service providers should coordinate services among agencies likely to provide services and supports to children and families;   Service providers and advocates should participate in development of interagency agreements under § 33-1-308 to assure consideration of the needs and problems of children and families; and   Service providers should achieve smooth transitions in services and supports as children grow through various stages of development and become vested in making decisions for themselves, including the transition into adulthood.
TN Code § 33-8-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 8 - Special Provisions for Children|Part 1 - Services to Children Generally|§ 33-8-102. Responsibilities of Department With Regard to Children

 The department in coordination with the council on children's mental health care shall promote effective advocacy for services and supports for all children with serious emotional disturbance, mental illness, or developmental disabilities. The department's responsibilities for children shall include, but not be limited to:   Promoting collaboration among care givers and service providers and equitable involvement of care givers in service plan development;   Case finding after the department has adopted rules regarding service and support to children;   Determining eligibility;   Providing basic service standards;   Facilitating the interdepartmental planning process for children through the statewide and regional planning and policy councils;   Initiating meetings or other processes to develop local interagency agreements as needs and problems are identified by service providers, advocates, or families;   Assisting children and their families to gain access to the system of services and supports;   Defining and listing an array of services and supports; and   Assisting youth who have been in the public system of care with transition to adult services.
TN Code § 33-8-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 8 - Special Provisions for Children|Part 1 - Services to Children Generally|§ 33-8-103. Children as Priority Population

 Children with serious emotional disturbances are a priority population for the department's mental health services and supports. Children with developmental disabilities are a priority population for the department's developmental disabilities services and supports. The department shall set the array of services and supports for these priority populations annually in its plan. The state will fund and the department will maintain the array of services and supports for persons in this priority population. Consistent with applicable eligibility requirements, the state may provide the funding for the services through the medicaid program or any waiver granted under the medicaid program, specifically including TennCare, other public funds, or private funds.