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TN Code § 37-3-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 6 - Safe Families and Family Preservation Act|§ 37-3-602. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Family preservation services” mean short-term, highly intensive, services designed to protect, treat, and support a family, with a child at imminent risk of placement, by enabling the family to remain intact and care for the child at home;   “Family support services” means community-based services to promote the safety and well-being of children and families designed to increase the strength and stability of families, including adoptive, foster, and extended families, to increase parents' confidence and competence in their parenting abilities, to afford children a safe, stable and supportive family environment, and otherwise to enhance child development;   “Imminent risk of placement” means circumstances or behavior likely to produce, within a relatively short period of time, a reasonably strong probability that the child will be placed in state custody as a result of being adjudicated dependent and neglected, delinquent and unruly, or in need of mental health services under § 37-1-175; and   “Time-limited family reunification services” means the services and activities described below that are provided to a child that is removed from the child's home and placed in a foster family home or a child care institution and to the parents or primary caregiver of such a child, in order to facilitate the reunification of the child safely and appropriately within a timely fashion, but only during the fifteen-month period that begins on the date that the child, pursuant to § 37-2-402, is considered to have entered foster care. The services and activities described in this subdivision (4) are the following individual, group and family counseling services:  Inpatient, residential, or outpatient substance abuse treatment services;   Mental health services;   Assistance to address domestic violence;   Services designed to provide temporary child care and therapeutic services for families, including crisis nurseries; and   Transportation to or from any of the services and activities described in this subdivision (4).
TN Code § 37-3-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 6 - Safe Families and Family Preservation Act|§ 37-3-603. Program to Provide Family Preservation Services

  The department of children's services shall develop, coordinate and implement a program to provide family services to each family with a child at imminent risk of placement; provided, that delivery of family preservation services shall be limited to those families and situations in which the services may be reasonably expected to avoid out-of-home placement of the child and to also afford effective protection of the child, the family, and the community.   The department shall develop, coordinate and implement a program to provide time-limited family reunification services to each family with a child in foster care; provided, that delivery of time-limited family reunification services shall be limited to those foster children or parents or primary caregiver and shall be limited to the fifteen-month period that begins on the date that the child, pursuant to § 37-2-402, is considered to have entered foster care.
TN Code § 37-3-605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 6 - Safe Families and Family Preservation Act|§ 37-3-605. Statute Implementation

 Beginning with fiscal year 1994-1995, the departments of children's services, mental health and substance abuse services, and intellectual and developmental disabilities shall jointly implement the program of family preservation services at a level sufficient to meet the need for such services across the state. Effective July 1, 1998, the department of children's services shall have sole responsibility for implementing this part.
TN Code § 37-3-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 7 - Early Childhood Development Act of 1994|§ 37-3-701. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Early Childhood Development Act of 1994.”
TN Code § 37-3-702 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 7 - Early Childhood Development Act of 1994|§ 37-3-702. Legislative Findings

  The general assembly finds that success in early childhood requires each child to have:  A healthy start through access to adequate prenatal and well-child care;   A well-functioning family that is prepared to assume the responsibilities of parenthood and childbearing;   Early learning experiences that promote child development and foster love of learning; and   Schools that are prepared to educate and nurture every child and ready to offer appropriate support to children and their families.     Therefore, to ensure the success of every child, the general assembly finds that the state of Tennessee and its communities must jointly build a comprehensive system of services to support families and to promote the healthy development of young children.
TN Code § 37-3-801 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 8 - Tennessee Second Look Commission|§ 37-3-801. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Second Look Commission.”
TN Code § 37-3-802 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 8 - Tennessee Second Look Commission|§ 37-3-802. Part Definitions

 For purposes of this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Appropriate sampling” means cases of a second or subsequent incident of severe child abuse selected by the commission from all profiled cases submitted by the department of children's services;   “Child abuse” has the same meaning as abuse defined in § 37-1-102;   “Commission” means the Tennessee second look commission;   “Investigatory meetings” means commission meetings where information made confidential pursuant to state or federal law is examined by the commission or information is being discussed that is relevant to a pending criminal action;   “Profiled cases” means cases of a second or subsequent incident of severe child abuse provided by the department of children's services to the commission;   “Second or subsequent incident of severe child abuse” means an indicated incident of severe child abuse to a victim who had a prior indicated incident of child abuse or severe child abuse, as determined by the department of children's services; and   “Severe child abuse” has the same meaning as the term is defined in § 37-1-102.
TN Code § 37-3-803 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 8 - Tennessee Second Look Commission|§ 37-3-803. Creation — Findings and Recommendations — Duties — Reports

  There is created the Tennessee second look commission. The commission shall review an appropriate sampling of cases involving a second or subsequent incident of severe child abuse in order to provide recommendations and findings to the general assembly regarding whether or not severe child abuse cases are handled in a manner that provides adequate protection to the children of this state.   The commission's findings and recommendations shall address all stages of investigating and attempting to remedy severe child abuse, including but not limited to:  The reporting, investigating and referring of alleged severe child abuse cases by state agencies and others;   The risk of severe child abuse victims being returned to the custody of the child's abuser or placed by the state in an environment where the child is at risk of being abused a second or subsequent time;   The procedures used by juvenile courts and courts exercising jurisdiction over criminal and civil child abuse, neglect and endangerment cases;   The laws, rules, or guidelines used to determine whether or not an alleged perpetrator of severe child abuse is to be prosecuted;   The causes of severe child abuse in Tennessee and any preventative measures that would reduce the number of severe child abuse cases in this state;   The manner in which severe child abuse data is collected and used by multiple agencies within the state; and   The representation provided to severe child abuse victims, including but not limited to, representation provided by attorneys, guardians and advocates.     The commission may:  Promulgate bylaws to provide for the election of commission officers, establishment of committees, meetings, and other matters relating to commission functions;   Request and receive the cooperation of other state departments and agencies in carrying out the duties of this part; and   Hold hearings, hear testimony, and conduct research and other appropriate activities.      The commission shall provide a report to the general assembly on the commission's progress in fulfilling its duties set out in this section no later than January 1, 2011.   The commission shall provide a report detailing the commission's findings and recommendations from a review of the appropriate sampling no later than January 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, to the general assembly. Such report shall be submitted to the governor, the judiciary and health and welfare committees of the senate and the judiciary committee of the house of representatives.
TN Code § 37-3-805 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 8 - Tennessee Second Look Commission|§ 37-3-805. Administration — Responsibilities

  The commission shall be administratively attached to the Tennessee commission on children and youth, but for all purposes other than administration, shall be an independent commission.   The Tennessee commission on children and youth shall be responsible for:  Scheduling and staffing the commission's meetings;   Notifying witnesses of the date upon which they are requested to appear;   Taking minutes at the commission's meetings;   Compensating members and witnesses for travel expenses when appropriate;   Reviewing department of children's services files and case summaries regarding the appropriate sampling of cases upon which the commission expects to hear testimony;   Providing the commission members with any relevant information; and   Assisting the commission in drafting reports.
TN Code § 37-3-806 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 8 - Tennessee Second Look Commission|§ 37-3-806. Table of Profiled Cases — Review of Cases — Sampling

  The department of children's services shall, no later than October 1, 2010, provide the commission with a table, detailing profiled cases from the previous fiscal year; thereafter, the department shall provide such table no later than October 1, 2011, and by October 1 annually thereafter, for the previous year. The tables shall include, but not be limited to, the county, type of abuse and age of the child.   The commission shall review the table of profiled cases provided pursuant to subsection (a). The commission shall submit a list of the cases to the department after such review, setting out specific cases from the table that the commission selects to review.   The department shall provide each commission member with a thorough written summary of the procedural history of each of the cases selected for review by the commission, including but not limited to, identifying persons whom the commission may wish to testify to provide additional information.   After reviewing the information referenced in subsection (c), the commission shall select the appropriate sampling from the information provided by the department; provided that an appropriate sampling shall be no more than ten percent (10%) of the total number of cases profiled.   The commission shall review the appropriate sampling on a schedule determined by the commission; provided that the commission shall submit its final report containing its recommendations and findings concerning the appropriate sampling each year to the general assembly as provided in § 37-3-803(d).
TN Code § 37-3-807 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 8 - Tennessee Second Look Commission|§ 37-3-807. Voting — Reimbursement of Expenses

  All members of the commission shall be voting members.   The members of the commission shall receive no salary; provided that members of the commission shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in accordance with the state's comprehensive travel regulations promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.   The commission may provide reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in accordance with the state's comprehensive travel regulations promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter to witnesses that have been called to testify before the commission.
TN Code § 37-3-808 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 8 - Tennessee Second Look Commission|§ 37-3-808. Meetings

 The commission shall meet as necessary to transact business; provided, that meetings shall be held at least quarterly, and the first meeting shall be no later than November 1, 2010. The commission shall meet at such time and place as determined by the co-chairs of the commission announced at least one (1) month in advance of meetings with notice to each member. Written minutes shall be kept of all meetings. At all meetings, ten (10) members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
TN Code § 37-3-809 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 8 - Tennessee Second Look Commission|§ 37-3-809. Requests by the Commission

 The child advocacy center directors or their designees, the department of children's services, the district attorney general of each judicial district, the district public defender of each judicial district, the administrative office of the courts, any law enforcement agency, any juvenile court officer or investigator, any representative of the mental health disciplines involved in investigations conducted by child protective teams, and any other state agency shall, upon request by the commission:   Submit to the commission, in accordance with the procedures and deadlines established by the commission, information and data concerning a second or subsequent incident of severe abuse;   Cause the person most knowledgeable with the case being examined to testify regarding any cases concerning a second or subsequent incident of severe abuse; and   Make recommendations and identify where gaps and deficiencies may exist in the various systems involved in protecting children from severe child abuse.
TN Code § 37-3-810 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 8 - Tennessee Second Look Commission|§ 37-3-810. Confidentiality — Public Meetings

  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commission may access information made confidential pursuant to chapter 1 of this title.    Except as provided in subsection (c), investigatory meetings of the commission shall not be subject to title 8, chapter 44, part 1 and shall be closed to the public. Any minutes or other information made confidential pursuant to state or federal law and generated during an investigatory meeting shall be sealed from public inspection; provided that the commission shall comply with subsection (c).   Each statutory member of the commission and each person otherwise attending an investigatory meeting shall sign a statement prepared by the commission indicating and affirming an understanding of and adherence to the confidentiality requirements, including the possible civil or criminal consequences of any violation or breach of such requirements.     Notwithstanding subsection (b), the commission shall conduct meetings that are open to the public to periodically make available, in a general manner that does not reveal information made confidential pursuant to state or federal law, the aggregate findings of its reviews and its recommendations.   All information made confidential pursuant to state or federal law acquired by the commission in the exercise of its duties:  Remains confidential after being acquired by the commission;   Is not subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings; and   May only be disclosed as necessary to carry out the purposes of this part.     Subsection (d) shall not prohibit a person from testifying in a civil or criminal action about matters within such person's knowledge that was obtained independently from any commission meeting.
TN Code § 37-3-811 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 8 - Tennessee Second Look Commission|§ 37-3-811. Hiring of Staff and Consultants

 To the extent that funds are available, the commission may hire additional staff or consultants to assist the commission in completing its duties.
TN Code § 37-3-812 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 8 - Tennessee Second Look Commission|§ 37-3-812. Immunity From Civil and Criminal Liability

 Any person acting in good faith in compliance with this part shall be immune from civil and criminal liability arising from such action.
TN Code § 37-3-813 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 8 - Tennessee Second Look Commission|§ 37-3-813. Investigations or Reviews Authorized by Other Laws

 Nothing in this part shall preclude any investigations or reviews to the extent authorized by other laws.
TN Code § 37-3-814 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 8 - Tennessee Second Look Commission|§ 37-3-814. Sharing of Information Regarding Criminal Violations With Officials Charged With Investigating Criminal Matters

 If, during the course of the commission's duties under this part, the commission becomes aware of any violations of the criminal laws of this state by any person or agency, the co-chairs of the commission shall share such information with appropriate officials charged with investigating criminal matters.
TN Code § 37-3-815 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 8 - Tennessee Second Look Commission|§ 37-3-815. Conflicts of Interest

 The commission shall adopt and implement a policy related to conflicts of interest, to ensure that all members avoid any situation that creates an actual or perceived conflict of interest related to the work of the commission.
TN Code § 37-4-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 4 - Interstate Compacts|Part 2 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children|§ 37-4-202. Compact Terms Defined

  As used in paragraph (a) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, “appropriate authority in the receiving state,” with reference to this state, means the department of children's services.   “Appropriate public authorities,” as used in Article III of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, means, with reference to this state, the department of children's services shall receive and act with reference to notices required by Article III.   As used in Article VII of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, “executive head” means the governor.
TN Code § 37-4-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 4 - Interstate Compacts|Part 2 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children|§ 37-4-203. Compact Administrator

 The commissioner of children's services shall act as compact administrator in accordance with the terms of Article VII.
TN Code § 37-4-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 4 - Interstate Compacts|Part 2 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children|§ 37-4-204. Determination of Financial Responsibility

 Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall be determined in accordance with Article V thereof in the first instance. However, in the event of partial or complete default of performance thereunder, the provisions of any laws of the state of Tennessee fixing responsibility for the support of children also may be invoked.
TN Code § 37-4-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 4 - Interstate Compacts|Part 2 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children|§ 37-4-205. Authorization of Agreements With Foreign States

 The officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions having authority to place children are empowered to enter into agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of or in other party states pursuant to paragraph (b) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. Any such agreement which contains a financial commitment or imposes a financial obligation on this state or subdivision or agency thereof shall not be binding unless it has the approval in writing of the commissioner of children's services in the case of the state and of the chief local fiscal officer in the case of a subdivision of the state.
TN Code § 37-4-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 4 - Interstate Compacts|Part 2 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children|§ 37-4-206. Chapter 5, Part 4 Not Applicable to This Part

 Chapter 5, part 4 of this title shall not apply to placements made pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
TN Code § 37-4-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 4 - Interstate Compacts|Part 2 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children|§ 37-4-207. Jurisdiction of Courts

 Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place such a child in an institution of or in another state pursuant to Article VI of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and shall retain jurisdiction as provided in Article V.
TN Code § 37-5-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-5-101. Creation of Department — Division of Juvenile Justice — Deputy Commissioner of Juvenile Justice — Powers and Duties — Funding

  There is hereby created the department of children's services.    Within the department, there is created a division of juvenile justice to serve children who are adjudicated delinquent.   The deputy commissioner of juvenile justice shall be appointed to lead the division of juvenile justice and shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. The commissioner shall appoint a person qualified by training and experience in the area of juvenile justice to perform the duties of deputy commissioner of juvenile justice. The appointee must be a graduate of an accredited college or university and be experienced in the field of juvenile justice.   It is the duty and responsibility of the division of juvenile justice to serve children who are adjudicated delinquent. The deputy commissioner shall have the powers and duties that the commissioner shall prescribe, in order to effectively administer, develop and oversee all state programs and services for delinquent children, their families and their communities.   The commissioner shall earmark a sum sufficient to be used exclusively for the division of juvenile justice. This budget shall include all appropriations for residential and nonresidential services provided for the prevention of delinquency and the rehabilitation, treatment and training of delinquent youth.