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TN Code § 71-3-609 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 6 - Orphan Asylums|§ 71-3-609. Petition to Take Child From Home

 At any time after the assumption of control by any of such homes, if the parent or other person, in whom the legal custody of such child would otherwise be, believes such parent or other person entitled to the custody of the child, such person may file a petition in the chancery court of the county in which the home is situated, and set out the facts upon which action is sought, and notice thereof shall be given to such institution, and proof may be taken and the application decided as the chancellor, in the chancellor's sound judgment, may determine, both as to the merits and the adjudication of costs. For this purpose jurisdiction is conferred upon the chancery courts, with the right of appeal.
TN Code § 71-3-610 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 6 - Orphan Asylums|§ 71-3-610. Education of Children

 The board shall cause all children over six (6) years of age in such asylum to be instructed in such branches of useful knowledge as may be suited to their years and capabilities, and cause the girls to be taught domestic vocations, such as sewing, mending, knitting, and housekeeping in all its departments. The boys shall be taught such useful trades as the board may direct. All children in such asylums, of sufficient age, shall be taught according to the course of the common schools.
TN Code § 71-3-611 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 6 - Orphan Asylums|§ 71-3-611. Expenses Paid by Parent or Guardian

 Any of such asylums may, at discretion, receive any child placed in its care and keeping by such child's parents or guardian, or those having the child in charge, and may keep and care for the child until the child is eighteen (18) years of age, unless sooner taken away by the request of such child's parent or parents, or those having guardianship or control of the child. The asylum shall not receive any child under this section until its parent or parents, or guardian, or person having the child in charge, shall agree with the officers of the asylum to supply sufficient funds, or such portion of the funds as the board of managers may agree upon, for the maintenance of the child in the asylum during such child's stay, and shall further agree to abide by all rules, bylaws, and requirements of the asylum. Should a child be admitted having a guardian lawfully appointed and qualified, who has money or property of such child under such guardian's control, such guardian shall be required to pay to the asylum such portion of the child's funds as the guardian may lawfully use, or the guardian may be authorized to use, for the child's support.
TN Code § 71-3-612 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 6 - Orphan Asylums|§ 71-3-612. County Contributions to Expenses

 The expenses of such asylum shall be met as follows, to wit: at the end of each fiscal year, each of the boards of managers shall make a statement of the financial condition of the asylum under its control, which shall especially show how much the necessary expenses of the asylum exceeded its income, and this excess shall be paid by the several counties that had a child or children in the asylum for any part of the fiscal year; each county shall pay so much per capita according to the number of children from that county in the asylum and the length of time that they were there. Of all these particulars, strict, accurate, and systematic accounts shall be kept by the officers of the board, and when the pro rata of any county shall be thus ascertained and a statement of the pro rata has been brought to the notice of the county mayor or financial agent of any such county, it shall be that person's duty forthwith to draw that person's warrant on the county trustee of the county in payment of the same. No county shall be liable to pay at a greater rate than fifty dollars ($50.00) per capita per annum for each child it had in the asylum, and no county shall pay any expenses of any children of that county unless the child or children be apprenticed to or sent to the asylum by the proper authorities, and by proper orders of the county legislative body.
TN Code § 71-3-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 7 - Project Rap|§ 71-3-701. Project Rap — Creation — Services

  There is created within the department of children's services the responsible adolescent parenting project (also known as “Project RAP”).   The project shall include information, programs, counseling, and services:  For teens who are pregnant with, or who have recently had, their first child; and   For foster care teens.     Project RAP may also include information, programs, counseling and services for other teens at high risk of pregnancy. In administering the project, the department shall strive to improve the parenting skills of those Project RAP clients who are pregnant or who are recent first time parents. The department shall also strive to prevent unintended future pregnancies among the total Project RAP client population and to encourage all project participants to pursue and complete educational and vocational opportunities.
TN Code § 71-3-702 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 7 - Project Rap|§ 71-3-702. Current Operation — Expansion

 During fiscal year 1989-1990, the department shall continue to operate Project RAP in Memphis as a model program, as it has since 1986. Beginning July 1, 1990, if and only if funds are specifically allocated in the general appropriations act for the purpose of expanding Project RAP, then the department shall geographically expand Project RAP into additional areas of the state in which there are significant concentrations of first time teen mothers, foster care teens, and other teens at high risk of pregnancy. In implementing such expansion, priority shall be given to establishing Project RAP in each of the state's three (3) grand divisions within those areas in which the project can exercise maximum impact both upon the state's pregnancy rate, among females seventeen (17) years of age and under, and upon taxpayer expenditures for temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), other types of public assistance, and medicaid.
TN Code § 71-3-901 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 9 - Tanf — Self-Employment Project Exemption|§ 71-3-901. Purpose of Part

 The purpose of this part is to invest in the self-sufficiency of temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) recipients, or successor program.
TN Code § 71-3-902 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 9 - Tanf — Self-Employment Project Exemption|§ 71-3-902. “Low-Income Entrepreneur” Defined

 For the purpose of this part, unless the context otherwise requires, a low-income entrepreneur is one who is starting or expanding a business and who meets the eligibility criteria for receipt of temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), or successor program.
TN Code § 71-3-903 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 9 - Tanf — Self-Employment Project Exemption|§ 71-3-903. Self-Employment Profits Not Counted Against Public Assistance Benefits

 Low-income entrepreneurs will be allowed to escrow profits from their business enterprise that are not reinvested into their business into an account, which will be placed in a micro-lending intermediary program and not be counted against their public assistance benefits until they accumulate five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the period they are eligible for the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) or successor program. Under this provision, participating entrepreneurs, who are otherwise eligible for TANF, or successor program, will not have their benefits reduced and will not lose the supplemental benefits extended to them as TANF, or successor program, recipients for the life of the escrow account as defined in this section. Participants must notify the department of human services in advance of their decision to elect this option.
TN Code § 71-3-904 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 9 - Tanf — Self-Employment Project Exemption|§ 71-3-904. Reapplication for Exemption

 The exemption in § 71-3-903 can be reapplied for whenever the participant is eligible for temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), or successor program.
TN Code § 71-3-905 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 9 - Tanf — Self-Employment Project Exemption|§ 71-3-905. Eligibility for Exemption

 Under this section, self-employment will be considered the same as a job component, if the individual's income, divided by the minimum wage, equals at a minimum twenty (20) hours per week. To receive the self-employment exemption outlined in this part, low-income entrepreneurs must be enrolled in the job component of the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) or successor program, and must be enrolled in a micro-lending program providing entrepreneurship training, technical assistance and peer support.
TN Code § 71-3-906 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 9 - Tanf — Self-Employment Project Exemption|§ 71-3-906. Micro-Lending Program

 A micro-lending program is one that provides training, technical assistance and loan funds to low-income entrepreneurs to start or expand a business venture.
TN Code § 71-3-907 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 9 - Tanf — Self-Employment Project Exemption|§ 71-3-907. Program Dependent on Federal Waivers

 The program is dependent on the availability of appropriate waivers from the federal departments of health and human services and agriculture, for which the department of human services is authorized to make application.
TN Code § 71-3-1001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 10 - Individual Development Account Demonstration Projects|§ 71-3-1001. Purpose of Part

 The purpose of this part is to create an opportunity for temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), or successor program, recipients to build assets as a transition to self-sufficiency, to encourage TANF program, or successor program, recipients to secure and maintain employment and to provide the support necessary for TANF program, or successor program, recipients to make the transition from welfare to work.
TN Code § 71-3-1002 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 10 - Individual Development Account Demonstration Projects|§ 71-3-1002. Individual Development Account Demonstration Projects

 Six (6) urban and six (6) rural communities in Tennessee, two (2) of each in each grand division, will participate in an individual development account (IDA) demonstration project.
TN Code § 71-3-1003 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 10 - Individual Development Account Demonstration Projects|§ 71-3-1003. Individual Development Accounts

 In the selected communities, temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) or successor program, recipients may deposit up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) in special savings accounts for career development goals for post-secondary education of themselves or their children, small business development, home ownership purposes or transportation needs. For the period the participant is eligible for the TANF program, or successor program, the individual development account (IDA) shall not be considered when computing the asset limit of the participant when determining the participant's eligibility for the TANF program, or successor program, or food stamps, as permitted by waiver from the federal departments of health and human services and agriculture.
TN Code § 71-3-1004 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 10 - Individual Development Account Demonstration Projects|§ 71-3-1004. Matching Funds

  The temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), or successor program, recipients who are not employed will not be eligible to receive matching fund donations into their individual development accounts (IDAs).   For those TANF program, or successor program, recipients who secure employment while participating in this project, their IDAs may begin to be matched immediately.   Matching funds may be secured from public and private funds.   For the purposes of this part, public funds utilized to provide such matching funds shall not include state funds.
TN Code § 71-3-1005 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 10 - Individual Development Account Demonstration Projects|§ 71-3-1005. Eligibility of Demonstration Project Participants

 To be eligible, demonstration project participants must be a member of a group that meets twice a month to make contributions into their individual development accounts (IDAs) and receive support, training and technical assistance to ensure they secure and maintain employment while building their IDA, and must notify the department of human services in advance of establishing such an account.
TN Code § 71-3-1101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 11 - Coverkids Act of 2006 [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]|§ 71-3-1101. Short Title. [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “CoverKids Act of 2006.”
TN Code § 71-3-1102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 11 - Coverkids Act of 2006 [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]|§ 71-3-1102. Part Definitions. [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Department” means the department of finance and administration;   “Enrollee” means an individual who is eligible and enrolled in the program;   “Program” means any program established to provide health coverage to children pursuant to this part;   “Tennessee medicaid program” means the federal- and state-financed, state-run program of medical assistance established pursuant to Title XIX (42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.), including any waivers thereof;   “Title XIX” means Title XIX of the Social Security Act, Subchapter XIX, Chapter 7 of Title 42, United States Code (42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.), providing grants to states for medical assistance programs; and   “Title XXI” means Title XXI of the Social Security Act, Subchapter XXI, Chapter 7 of Title 42, United States Code (42 U.S.C. §§ 1397aa, et seq.), establishing the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
TN Code § 71-3-1103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 11 - Coverkids Act of 2006 [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]|§ 71-3-1103. Purpose. [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]

 The purpose of this part is to create a program to provide health care coverage for uninsured children who are not eligible for health care services under any part of Tennessee's medicaid program, either pursuant to the medicaid state plan or pursuant to any medicaid waivers secured by the bureau of TennCare. It is the intent of the legislature to create and fund a program separate from the Tennessee medicaid program and Title XIX (42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.), and not subject to any consent decrees or judicial orders applicable to the Tennessee medicaid program.
TN Code § 71-3-1104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 11 - Coverkids Act of 2006 [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]|§ 71-3-1104. Department Authority — Not an Entitlement Program — Benefits Subject to Appropriations. [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]

 The department is authorized to establish, administer, and monitor a program to provide health care coverage to uninsured children pursuant to Title XXI (42 U.S.C. § 1397aa et seq.). The department may not use money appropriated for this program to expand eligibility criteria for the Tennessee medicaid program or any other program operated under this title. The program shall not constitute an entitlement to coverage for eligible individuals, and the availability of program benefits is subject to appropriations.
TN Code § 71-3-1105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 11 - Coverkids Act of 2006 [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]|§ 71-3-1105. Federal Approval. [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]

 The department is authorized to seek federal approval for the program, pursuant to Title XXI (42 U.S.C. § 1397aa et seq.), through a state plan, state plan amendment or request for federal waivers.
TN Code § 71-3-1106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 11 - Coverkids Act of 2006 [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]|§ 71-3-1106. Rules and Regulations Regarding Eligibility — Cap on Enrollment — Development of an Option for Those Who Are Ineligible. [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]

  The department shall adopt rules and regulations to establish eligibility criteria for the program, which shall limit eligibility to an individual who:  Is eighteen (18) years of age or younger;   Has a combined family income at a level to be determined by the department;   Is not already covered by private insurance that offers creditable coverage, as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 300gg-3(c);   Is not eligible for coverage under the Tennessee medicaid program;   Is a United States citizen or qualified alien, as defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1641(b); and   Is a Tennessee resident.     The department may establish additional eligibility criteria as appropriate.   The department may establish a cap on the number of individuals who may be enrolled in the program.   The department may establish an option for individuals who do not meet eligibility criteria necessary to obtain Title XXI (42 U.S.C. § 1397aa et seq.), funding to purchase coverage through the program.
TN Code § 71-3-1107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 11 - Coverkids Act of 2006 [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]|§ 71-3-1107. Coverage for Pregnant Women Regardless of Age. [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]

 The department is authorized to provide health care coverage for pregnant women and may provide the coverage consistent with this part, except that no age-related eligibility restrictions shall apply to pregnant women.
TN Code § 71-3-1108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 11 - Coverkids Act of 2006 [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]|§ 71-3-1108. Program Administration — Reporting and Audit Requirements. [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]

  The department may administer the program directly or contract with insurance companies, managed care plans or other entities to provide services to enrollees. Payments for services to contracted entities may require the contractor to assume full or partial risk for the cost of services provided under the contract.   The department may contract directly with health care providers to provide services to enrollees and establish appropriate rates of payments for services.   The department may enter into contracts or interagency agreements with an outside entity or other state agency to assist in the administration of the program, including performing eligibility determinations and appeals.   The department shall establish periodic reporting requirements and audit requirements for contractors. Contractors and subcontractors shall maintain complete and detailed records as specified by the department regarding the operation of the plan, and shall provide the department and the comptroller of the treasury's office with access to records under the terms defined by the department.
TN Code § 71-3-1109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 11 - Coverkids Act of 2006 [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]|§ 71-3-1109. Duty and Authority to Review and Audit Expenditures. [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]

 The commissioner of finance and administration and the comptroller of the treasury have the duty and authority to review and audit such expenditure of funds as may be made under this part. Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the commissioner of finance and administration to ensure that program expenditures are maintained within legislative appropriations.
TN Code § 71-3-1110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 11 - Coverkids Act of 2006 [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]|§ 71-3-1110. Additional Rules and Regulations. [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]

  The department may adopt additional rules and regulations governing the program, including, but not limited to, any rules or regulations necessary to comply with or to implement any federal requirement, federal waiver or state plan governing the program. The department is authorized to promulgate emergency rules pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. All rules and regulations governing the program shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.   The rules may include, as necessary, but need not be limited to:  The application, enrollment and disenrollment processes for the program;   The benefit package to be provided through the program;   Provisions for participant cost sharing, if any, including, at the department's discretion:  The establishment of enrollment fees, premiums, deductibles and copayments; and   The process for setting the amounts of enrollment fees, premiums, deductibles, and copayments, taking into account a participant's family income;     The type of professionals or other provider entities who may deliver services or direct the delivery of services and the qualifications required of those professionals or entities; and   Provisions regarding the sharing of health information under this part.     In adopting rules, the department shall consider the federal requirements on which the receipt of Title XXI (42 U.S.C. § 1397aa et seq.), funding is contingent and shall not establish any program criteria or requirements that will disqualify the program from that funding. Rules adopted by the department must, when appropriate, take into account the availability of appropriated funds.
TN Code § 71-3-1111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 11 - Coverkids Act of 2006 [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]|§ 71-3-1111. Annual Report. [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]

 This part shall be reviewed annually by the commerce and labor committee of the senate, the insurance committee of the house of representatives, the finance, ways and means committee of the senate and the finance, ways and means committee of the house of representatives, and these committees shall recommend necessary changes to the governor and the general assembly.
TN Code § 71-3-1113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 11 - Coverkids Act of 2006 [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]|§ 71-3-1113. Repealer. [Effective Until June 30, 2025.]

 This part shall be repealed on June 30, 2025.