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TN Code § 9-8-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 2 - Educator Protection Act of 2015|§ 9-8-205. Authority of Board of Claims

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and in addition to the board of claims' authority set forth in § 9-8-108, the board of claims is authorized to:   Establish the type or types of insurance and the insurance limits as excess insurance coverage necessary to carry out the purposes of this part;   Purchase or procure the insurance policy or policies with the fund as the insured;   Establish the effective date for which insurance coverage will be provided;   Enter into contracts with financial consultants, actuaries, auditors, investment managers, individual attorneys, law firms, and other consultants and professionals as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this part;   Establish the process for the administration of claims filed pursuant to this part;   Recommend annually to the commissioner of finance and administration the total occurrence basis funding required to satisfy the liabilities arising under this part; and   Promulgate rules that are necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of this part.
TN Code § 9-8-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 2 - Educator Protection Act of 2015|§ 9-8-206. Insurance Coverage — Expenses Paid From Fund — Applicability of Coverage

  Coverage provided under this part shall automatically cover all full-time and part-time teachers and student teachers at no cost to the teachers or student teachers.   The expenses paid from the fund shall include the costs associated with the administration of the fund, including, but not limited to, any insurance policy, policies, or contracts that may be authorized by the board of claims.   Pursuant to this part, the insurance policy or policies that may be purchased or procured, and the contracts that may be executed, shall cover incidents that have occurred on or after May 20, 2015.
TN Code § 9-8-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 3 - Tennessee Claims Commission|§ 9-8-301. Creation

  There is hereby created an administrative tribunal consisting of three (3) members, one (1) from each grand division, known as the “Tennessee claims commission.”   For administrative purposes, the commission shall be attached to the treasury department. The administrative responsibilities of the commission shall be performed by the state treasurer, in consultation with the claims commission and under the oversight of the board of claims. The state treasurer is authorized to delegate to the administrative clerk such of these responsibilities as the state treasurer deems appropriate.   The authority to appoint, terminate and control the staff of the commission shall rest with the state treasurer; provided, that the individual claims commissioners may appoint, terminate and control the staff personnel assigned to their respective offices. All decisions relative to compensation of the staff of the commission, including the staff positions assigned to the individual commissioners, shall be subject to the approval of the state treasurer. The individual claims commissioners shall consult with the state treasurer prior to taking any personnel action with respect to the staff personnel assigned to their respective offices, and the state treasurer shall consult with the members of the claims commission prior to taking any personnel action for all other staff of the commission.   The employees shall not have state service status but shall be subject to personnel policies and regulations which are applicable to employees of the treasury department, such as leave, compensation, classification and travel requests.   Notwithstanding any provision of Acts 1997, ch. 165, to the contrary, the autonomy of individual claims commissioners in performing their claims adjudication function shall be respected by the state treasurer and the board of claims. Nothing within that act shall be construed to give the state treasurer or board of claims authority to supervise or take any personal actions with regard to the individual claims commissioners.   For the purposes of this part and part 4 of this chapter, “grand division of the state” shall be defined as such term is defined in title 4, chapter 1, part 2, except that Cumberland County shall be included within the middle grand division.
TN Code § 9-8-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 3 - Tennessee Claims Commission|§ 9-8-302. Appointments — Terms — Residence — Vacancies — Chair

  Each commissioner shall be appointed by the governor with confirmation by resolution of both houses of the general assembly for a term of eight (8) years.   To provide staggered terms for the commissioners, the term expiring on June 30, 2003, shall be filled for an eight (8) year appointment while the current terms of the remaining two (2) commissioners shall each be extended for two (2) additional years. Thereafter, all commissioners shall be appointed to eight (8) year terms.   Each commissioner shall have resided in the grand division from which such commissioner is appointed for one (1) year prior to appointment, resided in Tennessee for five (5) years prior to appointment, and shall have been licensed to practice law in Tennessee for at least five (5) years prior to appointment. No commissioner may practice law while serving on the commission. The commissioners shall discontinue the practice of law as soon after their appointments as is practicable. The commissioners shall comply with the standards of conduct contained in the Code of Judicial Conduct of the Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court.   The commissioners shall be eligible for reappointment.   Temporary vacancies on the commission shall be filled by a qualified person appointed by the governor. Any other vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the term by a qualified person appointed by the governor with the consent of both houses of the general assembly. If such a vacancy occurs while the general assembly is not in session, the governor shall appoint a qualified person to serve during the interim.   The commission shall designate one (1) of its members to serve as chair.
TN Code § 9-8-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 3 - Tennessee Claims Commission|§ 9-8-303. Compensation

 The commissioners of the claims commission shall receive the same compensation as a Class 1 commissioner.
TN Code § 9-8-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 3 - Tennessee Claims Commission|§ 9-8-304. Administrative Clerk — Open Proceedings — en Banc Hearings

  The claims commission, subject to the approval of the state treasurer, shall designate a commission employee to serve as administrative clerk to the claims commission. The administrative clerk, in consultation with the commission chair, shall schedule meetings of the commission.   The administrative clerk, in consultation with the commission chair, shall docket proceedings and schedule hearings on claims. Each claim shall be assigned to the appropriate commissioner for the grand division in which the wrongful act occurred or in which the claimant lives; provided, that the chair of the commission shall have the authority to assign cases arising in one grand division to a commissioner in another grand division if such is necessary to alleviate congestion, delay, or an imbalance in caseloads among grand divisions. Each claim shall be heard in the grand division in which the wrongful act occurred or in which the claimant lives. The commission shall follow the law established for trial courts concerning opening proceedings to the public.   The administrative clerk, in consultation with the state treasurer, is responsible for the day-to-day management of the commission's staff and such other activities as may be required including, but not limited to, reporting on the status of claims. In managing the affairs of the commission, the state treasurer shall consult with the claims commission.   For the purpose of uniformity, the commission, upon the request of two (2) members thereof, may sit en banc  to hear and decide any matter for which there is a disagreement among two (2) or more of the commissioners.
TN Code § 9-8-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 3 - Tennessee Claims Commission|§ 9-8-305. Powers and Duties

 Each commissioner, and each administrative law judge assigned pursuant to this part, has the authority to:   Hear and determine claims against the state falling within the categories enumerated in § 9-8-307;   Issue subpoenas, swear in witnesses at hearings and other commission functions, effect discovery and issue protective orders and the like, and seek enforcement pursuant to § 4-5-311(a) and (b);   Rule on motions and objections;   Regulate the course of proceedings;   Take official notice of:  State statutes and the rules and regulations of state agencies; and   Any fact that can be judicially noticed; and     Issue written findings of facts and opinions of law.
TN Code § 9-8-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 3 - Tennessee Claims Commission|§ 9-8-306. Promulgation of Rules and Regulations

 The commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter in order for it to fulfill its duties in an orderly and efficient manner.
TN Code § 9-8-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 3 - Tennessee Claims Commission|§ 9-8-308. Privilege Tax on Filing of Claims — Exemption

  There is levied a privilege tax on the filing of claims with the claims commission of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) on each claim filed with the claims commission; provided, that no tax shall be levied on claimants who consent at the time of filing with the administrative clerk for their claims to be assigned to the small claims docket under § 9-8-403(a)(2), and proceed upon affidavits filed with the claims commission without a hearing. The tax shall be collected by the administrative clerk of the claims commission, and all funds collected by the clerk shall be paid over to the appropriate fund, as shall be determined by the state treasurer. Claims automatically transferred to the claims commission by the division of claims and risk management pursuant to § 9-8-402(c) due to a failure to honor or deny the claim during the ninety-day settlement period shall not be subject to the privilege tax established by this section. Notwithstanding any limit on the amount which may be awarded to a claimant, the commissioner or the reviewing court shall have the discretion to order that the privilege tax paid pursuant to this section be refunded to a claimant whose claim is determined to be meritorious.   Any person shall be permitted to file a claim with the claims commission without paying the privilege tax established by subsection (a) by taking and subscribing the following oath in writing: “I,  , do solemnly swear, that, owing to my poverty, I am not able to pay the privilege tax ordinarily required to file a claim with the claims commission and that I am justly entitled to the damages sought to the best of my belief.”
TN Code § 9-8-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 3 - Tennessee Claims Commission|§ 9-8-309. Temporary Assignment of Administrative Law Judges to Commission

 Upon the request of the governor, or of an individual claims commissioner as to claims within that commissioner's grand division, or of a majority of the claims commissioners as to claims within any grand division, the secretary of state may assign administrative law judges from the administrative procedures division of the secretary of state's office to assist in the removal of unacceptable congestion, delay on the claims commission docket or in the event of a claims commissioner's recusal or disability. Upon such assignment, administrative law judges shall have all the powers, duties and immunities as a regularly appointed claims commissioner. Costs associated with the assignment of administrative law judges to hear claims commission matters shall be paid from the risk management fund.
TN Code § 9-8-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 3 - Tennessee Claims Commission|§ 9-8-310. Retaliatory Termination for Filing of Claim — Filing of Grievances

  An entity of state government may not terminate a state employee for filing a workers' compensation claim with the claims commission.   Any employee terminated for filing a workers' compensation claim may file a grievance in accordance with § 8-30-318, or may file a claim with the claims commission, at the option of such employee, in accordance with this part.
TN Code § 9-8-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 3 - Tennessee Claims Commission|§ 9-8-311. Confidentiality of Medical Records Maintained by Commission

  Medical records received and maintained by the commission shall be treated as confidential and shall not be open for inspection by members of the public pursuant to title 10, chapter 7.   As used in this section:  “Healthcare provider” means healthcare professionals, establishments, or facilities licensed, registered, certified, or permitted pursuant to title 63 or title 68 and regulated under the authority of either the department of health or any agency, board, council, or committee attached to the department of health; and   “Medical record” means any and all documents maintained by a healthcare provider relating to a patient's diagnosis, care, and treatment, including, but not limited to, notes, reports, memos, e-mails, facsimile transmissions, laboratory tests, billing documents, and medication orders.
TN Code § 9-8-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 4 - Division of Claims and Risk Management|§ 9-8-401. Creation

 There is hereby created a division of claims and risk management as a division of the department of the treasury. The staff of the present board of claims shall also be the staff of the division of claims and risk management.
TN Code § 9-8-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 4 - Division of Claims and Risk Management|§ 9-8-404. Removal of Claims — Appeals

  Prior to hearing, upon the petition of either party showing the approval of the attorney general and reporter, the claim shall be removed to the appropriate chancery or circuit court with venue for handling in accordance with this part, except the normal procedural rules of the court shall be applicable. Appeal from the chancery or circuit court shall be to the court of appeals.   The commission may transfer the action to the appropriate chancery or circuit court with venue on its own after a determination, in writing, by the commission that fair and complete resolution of all claims involved cannot be accomplished in administrative proceedings before the commission. Such transfers shall be limited to tort claims arising out of the same fact situation where much of the evidence to be presented would be admissible against the state and one (1) or more additional defendants. If such transferred claim is not consolidated for trial, the claim against the state shall be transferred back to the commission. If, prior to the time of trial, all claims other than those against the state have been dismissed, settled or otherwise concluded, upon motion of the state the claim shall be transferred back to the commission. The transferred claim shall be handled in accordance with this part, except the normal procedural rules of the court shall be applicable. Appeal from the chancery or circuit court shall be to the court of appeals.   If the docket for any grand division becomes overloaded in the judgment of the commission chair, the chair may assign one (1) of the other two (2) commissioners to hear some of those claims in that division.
TN Code § 9-8-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 4 - Division of Claims and Risk Management|§ 9-8-405. Settlement of Claims — Mediation

  Any claim filed with the division may be settled pursuant to § 20-13-103, following consultation with the governmental entity affected therein. Additionally, the attorney general and reporter, with the written approval of the governor and the comptroller of the treasury, may authorize the state treasurer to settle certain classes of claims without the necessity of complying with § 20-13-103.   In the event of disapproval of a proposed settlement, the claim shall be processed in the same manner as other claims before the commission.   By agreement of the parties, a mediator may be employed in an attempt to settle a claim. Such a claim still must be settled in accordance with subsection (a) and/or § 20-13-103. Costs associated with alternative dispute resolution, as agreed to by the parties, shall be paid from the risk management fund.
TN Code § 9-8-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 4 - Division of Claims and Risk Management|§ 9-8-406. Representation of State — Negotiation of Prehearing Claim Settlements

 The attorney general and reporter shall represent the state in all claims before the commission; however, the attorney general and reporter may delegate to the department of the treasury or the governmental entity against which the claim is made the authority to negotiate prehearing claim settlements, and to represent the state in proceedings before the claims commission or any portion of that authority which the attorney general and reporter deems appropriate.
TN Code § 9-8-407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 4 - Division of Claims and Risk Management|§ 9-8-407. Actions Against Third Parties for Reimbursement

  Whenever the acts or omissions of a third party are the proximate cause of an incident giving rise to a claim against the state for which the state has, pursuant to this chapter, compensated the person injured or damaged by the acts or omissions of such third party, the state of Tennessee may institute an action against such third party for the recovery of the whole or any specified part of the amount paid by the state in the appropriate court in Tennessee, or in the federal, state or district court in which such third party resides.   As a condition for the settlement of a claim filed under this chapter in which a third party may be liable, the state treasurer, exercising the settlement authority delegated to the state treasurer pursuant to § 9-8-405, shall require the claimant to agree, by such form as the attorney general and reporter may direct, to cooperate fully with appropriate officials of the state should the state proceed to institute an action against a third party to recover the whole or any specified part of the amount paid by the state. Should the claimant fail to cooperate with the state in accordance with such agreement, the state shall have the right to recover any amounts paid by the state to the claimant. In awarding compensation, the claims commission shall include a requirement that the claimant execute an agreement with the state to cooperate with the state in an action against a liable third party in accordance with this section, unless the commission finds that the facts in such claim dictate that such an agreement should not be required.   Should any claimant choose to exercise such claimant's right to recover damages in civil court for injury or damages, such claimant shall notify the attorney general and reporter of the institution of such a lawsuit by serving the attorney general and reporter through the United States mail with a copy of the complaint, all subsequent pleadings and a copy of the final judgment in order to give the state notice of the existence of such an action so that the state may pursue its subrogated interest.
TN Code § 9-8-408 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 4 - Division of Claims and Risk Management|§ 9-8-408. Confidentiality of Medical Records Maintained by Division

  Medical records received and maintained by the division of claims and risk management shall be treated as confidential and shall not be open for inspection by members of the public pursuant to title 10, chapter 7.   As used in this section:  “Healthcare provider” means healthcare professionals, establishments, or facilities licensed, registered, certified, or permitted pursuant to title 63 or title 68 and regulated under the authority of either the department of health or any agency, board, council, or committee attached to the department of health; and   “Medical record” means any and all documents maintained by a healthcare provider relating to a patient's diagnosis, care, and treatment, including, but not limited to, notes, reports, memos, e-mails, facsimile transmissions, laboratory tests, billing documents, and medication orders.
TN Code § 9-4-508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 4 - Division of Claims and Risk Management|§ 9-4-508. Collateral Pool Boards — Powers and Duties

 9-4-522. Deposits of funds — Operating expenses.   9-4-5608. Evaluation of compliance — Report.   9-8-107. Defense counsel commission functions and responsibilities transferred to board of claims.
TN Code § 9-4-522 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 4 - Division of Claims and Risk Management|§ 9-4-522. Deposits of Funds — Operating Expenses

 9-4-5608. Evaluation of compliance — Report.   9-8-107. Defense counsel commission functions and responsibilities transferred to board of claims.
TN Code § 9-4-5608 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 4 - Division of Claims and Risk Management|§ 9-4-5608. Evaluation of Compliance — Report

 9-8-107. Defense counsel commission functions and responsibilities transferred to board of claims.
TN Code § 9-9-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 9 - Funding of State Debt|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-9-101. State Funding Board

 The state funding board shall be composed of the governor, the commissioner of finance and administration, the state treasurer, the secretary of state, and the comptroller of the treasury. The governor shall serve as the chair, and the comptroller shall serve as the vice chair and secretary. The board has the power to prescribe its rules and regulations and govern its meetings and procedures as it may deem advisable. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum and the confirming vote of at least three (3) members of the board is required.
TN Code § 9-9-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 9 - Funding of State Debt|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-9-102. Maintenance of Records on the Condition of All Debt Obligations and Payments

 The commissioner of finance and administration shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, records on the condition of all debt obligations described in § 9-9-105(a) and of the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such obligations.