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TN Code § 71-5-1507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 15 - Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act|§ 71-5-1507. Annual Cost and Utilization Report

  For the purposes of this part, all ambulance providers shall file an annual cost and utilization report reflecting the most recently completed calendar year.   The submitted cost and utilization report must include:  Specified data on any vehicle owned or operated by the ambulance provider that is used for the purposes of patient transport;   Total number of manual ambulance stretchers;   Total number of hydraulic ambulance stretchers;   Information regarding twelve-lead cardiac capabilities;   Revenue data by payer type;   Total transport data by payer type; and   Any additional information that is required by the bureau.     The cost and utilization report must be filed with the bureau no later than May 31 of each calendar year and must contain data from the previous calendar year. The bureau shall assess a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day that an ambulance provider does not submit a cost and utilization report in compliance with this section. However, the bureau may waive, in whole or in part, any penalty upon a determination that there is good cause for the waiver. The penalty imposed by this section supersedes any penalty imposed under § 12-4-304.   The comptroller of the treasury is granted audit authority to test the accuracy of any and all cost and utilization reports submitted to the bureau for the purposes of this assessment.
TN Code § 71-5-1508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 15 - Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act|§ 71-5-1508. Audit

  There is created a special agency account in the state general fund to be known as the “ambulance service assessment revenue fund,” referred to in this part as the “fund.” The fund shall continue without interruptions and shall be operated in accordance with this section.   Unless otherwise specified in this part, revenue generated from the following sources must be deposited in the fund:  Assessments collected by the bureau under this part;   Penalties collected by the bureau under this part;   Donations to the fund from private sources; and   Investment earnings credited to the fund.     Any fund balance remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year carries forward into the subsequent fiscal year and shall not be diverted to the general fund or any other public fund.   Interest accruing on investments and deposits of the fund carries forward into the subsequent fiscal year and shall not be diverted to the general fund or any other public fund.   The state treasurer shall invest the moneys in the fund in accordance with § 9-4-603. The bureau shall administer the funds.   Moneys in the fund must not be diverted to the general fund or any other public fund or any other third party, and moneys in the fund may only be used to:  Create supplemental or directed payments for ground ambulance providers; and   Reimburse the amounts designated in § 71-5-1505 for the purpose of administrative expenses.     In the event that this part is rendered invalid and void:  To the extent federal matching is not reduced due to the impermissibility of the assessments, the bureau shall disburse pursuant to subsection (f) the moneys remaining in the fund that were derived from assessments imposed by this part and deposited before the occurrence of the invalidating event; and   Following disbursement of moneys in the fund pursuant to subdivision (g)(1), the bureau shall refund any remaining moneys to each ambulance provider in proportion to the amount paid by the respective provider during the most recently completed quarterly payment period.
TN Code § 71-5-1509 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 15 - Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act|§ 71-5-1509. Implementation of Part — Termination of Ground Ambulance Provider Assessment

  The assessment in this part shall not be implemented until after the bureau receives notice from the centers for medicare and medicaid services that approval for the assessment is granted.   The bureau shall implement this part to the extent that it is not inconsistent with the TennCare II federal waiver or any successor federal waiver.   Within ninety (90) days after the date this part becomes law, the bureau shall determine whether an amendment to the TennCare II waiver or any successor federal waiver is required to implement this part. If the bureau determines that an amendment to the TennCare II federal waiver or any successor federal waiver is necessary, the bureau is authorized to seek any necessary waiver amendment and the assessment in this part must not take effect until the waiver amendment is approved.   The ground ambulance provider assessment established by this part terminates on June 30, 2021.
TN Code § 71-5-1510 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 15 - Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act|§ 71-5-1510. Promulgation of Rules

 The bureau is authorized to promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of this part. The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 71-5-2001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 20 - Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2020 [Effective Until July 1, 2021]|§ 71-5-2001. Short Title. [Effective Until July 1, 2021.]

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2020.”
TN Code § 71-5-2006 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 20 - Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2020 [Effective Until July 1, 2021]|§ 71-5-2006. Expiration of Part — Survival of Certain Rights and Obligations. [Effective Until July 1, 2021.]

 This part expires on July 1, 2021. However, the following rights and obligations survive the expiration:   The authority of the bureau to impose late payment penalties and to collect unpaid annual coverage assessments and required refunds;   The rights of a covered hospital or an association of covered hospitals to file a petition for declaratory order to determine compliance with this part;   The existence of the maintenance of coverage trust fund and the obligation of the bureau to use and apply the assets of the maintenance of coverage trust fund; and   The obligation of the bureau to implement and maintain the requirements of § 71-5-161.
TN Code § 71-5-2007 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 20 - Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2020 [Effective Until July 1, 2021]|§ 71-5-2007. Audit of Expenditure of Funds From Maintenance of Coverage Trust Fund. [Effective Until July 1, 2021.]

 The comptroller of the treasury may audit the expenditure of funds pursuant to this part from the maintenance of coverage trust fund. At the discretion of the comptroller of the treasury, the audit may be prepared by a certified public accountant, a public accountant, or the department of audit. Notwithstanding § 71-5-2005, the bureau of TennCare and the maintenance of coverage trust fund must bear the full costs of the audit.
TN Code § 71-5-2101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 21 - Poor Asylums|§ 71-5-2101. Provision by County Legislative Body

 There may be provided, at the expense of every county, an asylum for the poor of the county, consisting of a parcel of land of such size, and of buildings on the land of such dimensions and construction, as the county legislative body may consider necessary and proper, a majority of the members being present.   Code 1858, § 1594 (deriv. Acts 1826, Private, ch. 56, § 2); Shan., § 2678; Code 1932, § 4792; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 14-801; Acts 1984, ch. 720, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 14-20-101.
TN Code § 71-5-2102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 21 - Poor Asylums|§ 71-5-2102. Site and Construction

 The site of the asylum shall be selected, and the buildings planned and constructed, solely with a view to promote the health and comfort of the inmates.   Code 1858, § 1595 (deriv. Acts 1826 Private, ch. 56, § 2); Shan., § 2679; Code 1932, § 4793; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-802, 14-20-102.
TN Code § 71-5-2103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 21 - Poor Asylums|§ 71-5-2103. Appointment of Commissioners

 The county legislative body shall appoint three (3) commissioners to select the site, and to contract for and superintend the necessary buildings, upon such plan and under such rules and regulations as the legislative body may prescribe.   Code 1858, § 1596 (deriv. Acts 1826 Private, ch. 56, § 2); Shan., § 2680; Code 1932, § 4794; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-803, 14-20-103.
TN Code § 71-5-2104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 21 - Poor Asylums|§ 71-5-2104. Appropriation of County Funds

 The county legislative body may apply any county moneys in the treasury that it may deem proper to the use of the asylum.   Code 1858, § 1605; Shan., § 2689; Code 1932, § 4806; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-804, 14-20-104.
TN Code § 71-5-2105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 21 - Poor Asylums|§ 71-5-2105. Powers of Commissioners

 In the management of the asylum, the commissioners have the power to:   Prescribe rules and regulations for the management of the farm and for the treatment of the inmates of the asylum, and modify and change them at pleasure;   Prescribe the manner in which the inmates shall live, sleep, be clothed, and labor, if any of them are able to labor;   Appoint a suitable superintendent of the asylum;   Take from the superintendent a bond, with sufficient surety, in the penalty of five hundred dollars ($500), payable to the state, conditioned for the performance of such superintendent's duties;   Cause the superintendent to subscribe an oath, to be written on the back of the bond; and   Deliver the bond to the clerk of the county legislative body, to be preserved among the files of the clerk's office relating to the asylum.    Code 1858, § 1608 (deriv. Acts 1827 Private, ch. 112, § 6); Shan., § 2692; Code 1932, § 4809; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-805, 14-20-105.
TN Code § 71-5-2106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 21 - Poor Asylums|§ 71-5-2106. Duty of Superintendent

 The superintendent shall overlook and manage the asylum and its inmates under such rules and regulations as the commissioners shall prescribe.   Code 1858, § 1609 (deriv. Acts 1827 Private, ch. 112, § 6); Shan., § 2693; Code 1932, § 4810; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-806, 14-20-106.
TN Code § 71-5-2107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 21 - Poor Asylums|§ 71-5-2107. Replacement of Superintendent

 The commissioners may remove the superintendent whenever they think the good of the establishment requires it, and may fill the vacancy.   Code 1858, § 1610 (deriv. Acts 1827 Private, ch. 112, § 8); Shan., § 2694; Code 1932, § 4811; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-807, 14-20-107.
TN Code § 71-5-2108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 21 - Poor Asylums|§ 71-5-2108. Residence of Inmates

 No person shall be admitted into the asylum who has not been an actual resident of the county for one (1) whole year preceding the person's application.   Code 1858, § 1607; Shan., § 2691; mod. Code 1932, § 4808; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-808, 14-20-108.
TN Code § 71-5-2109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 21 - Poor Asylums|§ 71-5-2109. Application for Admission

 The commissioners shall examine all applicants for admission into the asylum, and admit or reject any applicant as they may think right. Any applicant who is rejected may appeal to the county mayor, in which case the applicant shall be examined and admitted or excluded in the discretion of the county mayor.   Code 1858, § 1606; Shan., § 2690; Code 1932, § 4807; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 4807; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-809, 14-20-109; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
TN Code § 71-5-2110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 21 - Poor Asylums|§ 71-5-2110. Superintendent's Annual Report

 The superintendent shall, once every year, in the month of December, submit to the commissioners a statement of the condition of the establishment, showing:   The number of its inmates, their names, ages, sex, diseases and maladies;   The expenses of the establishment;   The production of the farm; and   Whatever else the superintendent may be required to report by the commissioners, or may consider necessary to a full showing of the state of the establishment.    Code 1858, § 1611 (deriv. Acts 1827 Private, ch. 112, § 9); Shan., § 2695; mod. Code 1932, § 4812; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-810, 14-20-110.
TN Code § 71-5-2111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 21 - Poor Asylums|§ 71-5-2111. Joint Institutions

  County legislative bodies may unite in the establishment of joint homes, hospitals, almshouses or poor farms for the care of the indigent or the chronic sick of the respective counties.   The legislative body of a county, by majority vote at any regular session, may sell or otherwise dispose of the property owned by the county and used for such purposes, and may contract with one (1) or more other counties for the joint ownership, construction, control and operation of a common institution, or may contract with one (1) or more other counties for the care of its indigent or chronic sick persons in institutions owned, controlled and operated by the other county or counties.
TN Code § 71-5-2112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 21 - Poor Asylums|§ 71-5-2112. Government of Joint Institutions

 Any institution established jointly by counties, as provided in § 71-5-2111, shall in all respects serve as a county institution of each of the counties participating, subject to the rules and regulations agreed upon by the legislative bodies of the participating counties. Such contract shall be executed by the governing body of each county by its proper officer.
TN Code § 71-5-2113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 21 - Poor Asylums|§ 71-5-2113. Funds for Joint Institutions

 For the purpose of enabling counties to contribute and participate in such joint enterprises, they are given full power to levy taxes and appropriate county funds.
TN Code § 71-5-2201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 22 - Commissioners of the Poor|§ 71-5-2201. Permanent Body — Name — Appointment — Term of Office

  The commissioners of the poor shall be a permanent body, by the name of the “Commissioners of the Poor for  County.”   In the selection, the county legislative body shall, at its October session, choose at the beginning one (1) commissioner to hold for the term of one (1) year, another for the term of two (2) years, and a third for a term of three (3) years, and annually thereafter for three (3) years each, and to hold until the successor of each is selected and qualified.   Should the court omit to make the appointment at that session, it may be done at any subsequent session.    Code 1858, § 1597; Acts 1879, ch. 102, § 1; 1889, ch. 150, § 1; Shan., § 2681; mod. Code 1932, § 4798; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-901, 14-20-201.
TN Code § 71-5-2202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 22 - Commissioners of the Poor|§ 71-5-2202. Oath of Office

 Each commissioner, before entering upon the discharge of such commissioner's duties, shall take an oath before the county clerk, in term or vacation, to well and truly discharge such commissioner's duties as prescribed by law.   Code 1858, § 1599 (deriv. Acts 1826 Private, ch. 56, § 4; 1831, ch. 89, § 3); Shan., § 2683; Code 1932, § 4800; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-902, 14-20-202.
TN Code § 71-5-2203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 22 - Commissioners of the Poor|§ 71-5-2203. Chair — Minutes

 The commissioners shall appoint one (1) of their number chair, and they shall keep minutes of their proceedings in a well-bound book.   Code 1858, § 1600; Shan., § 2684; Code 1932, § 4801; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-903, 14-20-203.
TN Code § 71-5-2204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 22 - Commissioners of the Poor|§ 71-5-2204. Compensation

 The county legislative body shall in all cases pay a reasonable compensation to the superintendent and the commissioners.   Code 1858, § 1614; Shan., § 2698; Code 1932, § 4815; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-904, 14-20-204.
TN Code § 71-5-2205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 22 - Commissioners of the Poor|§ 71-5-2205. Removal — Vacancies

 The county legislative body may remove the commissioners, or any one (1) of them, at pleasure, and proceed to fill the vacancy at any time; and should any one (1) or more of them die, resign, remove from the county, or fail or refuse to act, the county mayor may fill the vacancy, and such appointee shall continue to act as commissioner until an election by the legislative body.   Code 1858, § 1598 (deriv. Acts 1827 Private, ch. 112, § 7); Shan., § 2682; Code 1932, § 4799; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 4799; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-905, 14-20-205; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
TN Code § 71-5-2206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 22 - Commissioners of the Poor|§ 71-5-2206. Order for Expenditures — Warrants

 When money is to be drawn from the county treasury for the purchase of the site of the asylum, the erection of the buildings, for improvements, repairs, or for the ordinary expenses of the maintenance of the poor, it shall be done upon an order of the commission, entered upon its minutes, specifying the purpose to which the money is to be applied; upon production of a copy of which, signed by the county mayor and attested by one (1) of the other commissioners, to the county legislative body, and appropriation shall on approval be made for the amount specified in the order, to be drawn on warrant of the county mayor, as in other cases.   Code 1858, § 1601; Shan., § 2685; mod. Code 1932, § 4802; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-906, 14-20-206; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
TN Code § 71-5-2207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 22 - Commissioners of the Poor|§ 71-5-2207. Book of Accounts — Items Entered

 The commissioners shall keep a book of accounts, in which they shall charge themselves with all moneys drawn by them from the treasury of the county, specifying the number and date of the warrant on which each sum was drawn, and credit themselves with their disbursements, giving the number and date of each voucher, and preserving the same.   Code 1858, § 1602; Shan., § 2686; Code 1932, § 4803; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-907, 14-20-207.
TN Code § 71-5-2208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 22 - Commissioners of the Poor|§ 71-5-2208. Examination and Preservation of Accounts

  The book of accounts shall be balanced every year, and, on or before December 31, shall be submitted to the county mayor for settlement, together with the vouchers.   If the county mayor finds the account correct, the county mayor shall write beneath the same the words, “examined and approved,” and sign the county mayor's name to the book of accounts, and retain the vouchers, and cause them to be placed in the office of the county clerk, and carefully preserved in separate files.    Code 1858, § 1603; Shan., § 2687; Code 1932, § 4804; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-908, 14-20-208; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
TN Code § 71-5-2209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 22 - Commissioners of the Poor|§ 71-5-2209. Liability for Expenditures

 The commissioners shall be jointly and severally liable for the application of any money drawn on their order from the county treasury for the use of the asylum.   Code 1858, § 1604; Shan., § 2688; Code 1932, § 4805; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-909, 14-20-209.
TN Code § 71-5-2210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 22 - Commissioners of the Poor|§ 71-5-2210. Annual Report

 The commissioners shall report to the county legislative body, at its January session every year, the condition of the asylum, making the superintendent's report a part of their own.   Code 1858, § 1612; Shan., § 2696; Code 1932, § 4813; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-910, 14-20-210.
TN Code § 71-5-2301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 23 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 71-5-2301. Allowances by County Legislative Body

 The county legislative body may, in its discretion, allow and pay to poor persons who may become chargeable as paupers, and who will probably be benefited thereby, such sums or such annual allowance, to be paid according to the direction of the legislative body, as will not exceed the charge of their maintenance in the ordinary mode.   Code 1858, § 1621; Shan., § 2705; Code 1932, § 4821; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-1001, 14-20-301.
TN Code § 71-5-2302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 23 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 71-5-2302. Exemption From Road Service

 The county legislative body may exempt from working on public roads any person unable, by manual labor or physical exertion, to make a support, whenever it appears to be just and right.   Code 1858, § 1620 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 97); Shan., § 2704; Code 1932, § 4820; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; Acts 1979, ch. 23, § 8; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-1002, 14-20-302.
TN Code § 71-5-2303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 23 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 71-5-2303. Contract for Support With Use of Farm

 The county legislative body may also let out the support of the poor, with the use and occupancy of the poorhouse and farm, for a period not exceeding three (3) years.   Code 1858, § 1615; Shan., § 2699; Code 1932, § 4816; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-1003, 14-20-303.