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TN Code § 71-5-2515 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 25 - Tenncare Fraud and Abuse|§ 71-5-2515. Data Provided to the Inspector General

 All persons and entities under contract with the TennCare bureau or its agent or designee, including, but not limited to, all managed care organizations, benefit managers, and other managed care contractors, shall promptly provide to the office of inspector general, on request:   A copy of, or access to, the same data regularly provided to the bureau in the normal course of business, and in the same format, unless otherwise agreed by the inspector general in writing; and   Access to additional TennCare related data or records that may be requested by the inspector general; provided, that, if the data is not easily separated from non-TennCare related data, then all the data shall be provided as necessary to provide meaningful access to the TennCare related data.
TN Code § 71-5-2516 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 25 - Tenncare Fraud and Abuse|§ 71-5-2516. Confidentiality — Liability for Providing Data — Creation of New Records or Data — Destruction of Data

  All records obtained pursuant to this chapter shall be treated as confidential investigative records of the office of inspector general and shall not be open to public inspection; provided, however, that nothing in this part shall be construed to affect the obligation of the single state agency under federal law to provide the medicaid fraud control unit with access to, and free copies of, all records or information or computerized data kept or stored by the agency pursuant to 42 CFR 455.21(a).   Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no person shall be subject to any civil or criminal liability for providing the office of inspector general with access to data as required by this chapter.   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require any person or entity to create new records or data that did not exist at the time of the request; provided, that no person or entity may destroy existing data after having been put on notice that access to the data is required pursuant to this section.
TN Code § 71-5-2517 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 25 - Tenncare Fraud and Abuse|§ 71-5-2517. Authority to Require Periodic Provision of Specific Data — Compliance — Format of Data — Charge for Supplying Data — Sufficient Dedicated Storage Space and Access to Software — Construction

  The office of inspector general is authorized to require periodic provision of specific categories, types, or collations of data without the necessity of issuing a new request at the commencement of each period.   Compliance with a request by the office of inspector general is not dependent on approval by the bureau of TennCare, and it shall not be a defense to an action for enforcement or sanctions under this part that the bureau of TennCare does not require copies of or access to the requested data.   Data kept in the regular course of business in electronic format shall on request be provided to the office of inspector general in the same electronic format. The data shall be provided in a manner that permits meaningful analysis with the aid of commonly available computer software and hardware. To this end, access to data shall be accompanied by access to any existing record layout, field definitions, or other guides or directions associated with the data.   Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, access to data required pursuant to §§ 71-5-2513 — 71-5-2521 shall be provided to the office of inspector general without charge.   The division of strategic technology solutions shall assist the office of inspector general by providing sufficient dedicated storage space and access to software on the state's computer network to permit the office of inspector general to accomplish the data mining contemplated by §§ 71-5-2513 — 71-5-2521.   Nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent the bureau of TennCare or any other subdivision of the single state agency from conducting data mining, identifying suspected fraud cases, and referring suspected provider fraud to the medicaid fraud control unit pursuant to 42 CFR, Part 455. Nothing in this part shall be construed to affect the obligation of the single state medicaid agency or any of its subdivisions to refer to the medicaid fraud control unit, pursuant to 42 CFR 455, all cases in which the agency has reason to believe, after a preliminary investigation, that an incident of provider fraud or abuse has occurred in the TennCare program.
TN Code § 71-5-2518 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 25 - Tenncare Fraud and Abuse|§ 71-5-2518. Rules and Regulations

 The inspector general shall have authority to promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, as are necessary to implement §§ 71-5-2513 — 71-5-2521. The rules shall be promulgated as emergency rules. The inspector general is designated as the agency person to review initial orders and issue final agency orders pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.
TN Code § 71-5-2519 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 25 - Tenncare Fraud and Abuse|§ 71-5-2519. Written Petition for Objection to Providing Access to Data — Enforcement of Obligations

  A person or entity requested to provide access to data pursuant to §§ 71-5-2513 — 71-5-2521 may object to providing all or part of such access by filing a written petition with the inspector general within thirty (30) days of receipt of notice of the request to which objection is made. The petition shall be treated as a contested case pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.    In the event a person or entity requested to provide data pursuant to §§ 71-5-2513 — 71-5-2521 fails to do so or to file a timely petition objecting to provision of the data, the office of inspector general has the authority to petition the chancery court of Davidson County through the attorney general and reporter, or by special appointment or delegation from the attorney general and reporter as provided by law, for enforcement of the obligations imposed by this chapter, and for recovery of costs, attorney's fees, and any applicable civil penalties.   Upon filing of a petition for enforcement by the inspector general, the court shall order the person or entity named in the petition to show cause why they should not be held in contempt for failure to comply with the request.   In ruling on the petition, the court shall be authorized to:  Order the person or entity, on pain of contempt, to comply with the request, and to punish each day of failure to comply with the order as a separate contempt of court; and   Award to the attorney general and reporter and, if applicable, the office of inspector general, reasonable costs and attorney's fees incurred in enforcing the requirement, if the state prevails.        Willful failure to provide data, or access to data, as required by this chapter, shall be subject to the same civil penalty established by law for willful failure to report recipient fraud to the inspector general.   A person or entity that has been assessed a civil penalty by the office of inspector general may object to the penalty by filing a written petition with the inspector general within thirty (30) days of receipt of notice of the assessment. The petition shall be treated as a contested case pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.   In the event that a person or entity that has been assessed a civil penalty by the office of inspector general has failed to pay the penalty or file a timely objection, the office of inspector general has the authority to file a petition in the chancery court of Davidson County through the attorney general and reporter, or by delegation from the attorney general and reporter as provided by law, for the collection of the penalty, and for enforcement of the request to provide access to data.
TN Code § 71-5-2520 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 25 - Tenncare Fraud and Abuse|§ 71-5-2520. Collections of Penalties, Fees and Costs

  All funds collected as civil penalties, attorney's fees, costs, or costs of investigation by the inspector general, pursuant to this part or part 26, shall be deposited by the state treasurer in a separate account exclusively for the use of that office to defray the expenses of continued operations involving recipient fraud and abuse, including, but not limited to, data mining, litigation, criminal investigation and prosecution, civil and administrative recovery, undercover operations involving recipient fraud, and training and equipment for employees; provided, that no part of the funds shall be used to supplement salaries of any public employee or law enforcement officer.   Funds collected pursuant to §§ 71-5-2513 — 71-5-2521 may not supplant other state funds or appropriations. Any fund balance remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year in the account shall be carried forward into the subsequent fiscal year. No part of the fund shall be diverted to the general fund or any other public fund.
TN Code § 71-5-2521 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 25 - Tenncare Fraud and Abuse|§ 71-5-2521. Report

 The office of inspector general shall include in its annual report information on the progress of its data mining efforts, including any difficulties encountered in obtaining access to data from either private or government entities, and suggestions for legislative or other solutions.
TN Code § 71-5-2602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 26 - Prevention of Fraud and Abuse in Tenncare|§ 71-5-2602. Record Keeping

  Upon submitting a claim for, or upon receiving payment for, goods, services, items, facilities or accommodations under the TennCare program, a managed care organization, provider, vendor, subcontractor, or any other person or entity, shall maintain adequate records for a minimum of five (5) years after the date on which payment was received, if payment was received, or for five (5) years after the date on which the claim was submitted, if payment was not received. The bureau of TennCare shall have the authority to make appropriate and reasonable exceptions to the requirements of this subsection (a) upon a showing of good cause.   Failure to maintain adequate records is defined as negligently failing to maintain such records as are necessary to disclose fully the nature of the goods, services, items, facilities, or accommodations for which a claim was submitted or payment was received by the managed care organization, provider, vendor, subcontractor, or any other person or entity receiving funds originating from the TennCare program. Records include records kept in any form or fashion, including, but not limited to, any and all medical records, documents, data, or items, electronic or nonelectronic, related to the provision of and billing for services and goods. Failure to maintain adequate records during an audit period is punishable by recovery of one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the amount payable to the person or entity, directly or indirectly, using TennCare funds for the TennCare-related services for which the person or entity has failed to maintain records. Failure to maintain adequate records during a subsequent audit period is punishable by recovery of three hundred percent (300%) of the amount payable to the person or entity, directly or indirectly, using TennCare funds for the TennCare-related services for which the person or entity has failed to maintain records. Any further offense within five (5) years of the second offense may result in a recommendation by the office of inspector general to the bureau of TennCare to restrict the person or entity from receiving future TennCare payments. These matters shall be referred to the attorney general and reporter for recovery of funds.
TN Code § 71-5-2603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 26 - Prevention of Fraud and Abuse in Tenncare|§ 71-5-2603. Fraud Reporting Requirements — Immunity From Liability

  All managed care organizations, contractors, subcontractors, providers or any other person or entity shall advise the office of TennCare inspector general immediately when there is actual knowledge, not subject to a testimonial privilege, that an act of recipient, enrollee, or applicant fraud is being, or has been committed. The office of TennCare inspector general shall review the information to determine if there is a sufficient basis to warrant a full investigation. The office of TennCare inspector general is authorized to establish an electronic system for treating physicians to report recipient, enrollee or applicant fraud.   All managed care organizations, contractors, subcontractors, providers or any other person or entity shall advise the medicaid fraud control unit (MFCU) immediately when there is actual knowledge, not subject to a testimonial privilege, that an act of provider fraud is being, or has been committed. The MFCU shall review the information to determine if there is a sufficient basis to warrant a full investigation. MFCU is authorized to establish an electronic system for treating physicians to report provider fraud.   Any person or entity making a complaint or furnishing a report, information or records in good faith pursuant to this section is immune from civil liability for making such complaint or report.   Willful failure to report such fraud shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each finding to be assessed by the office of TennCare inspector general.
TN Code § 71-5-181 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 27 - [Reserved]|§ 71-5-181. Tennessee Medicaid False Claims Act — Short Title

 71-5-188. Actuarial study of TennCare.   71-5-1308. Administration of part.
TN Code § 71-5-188 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons|Part 27 - [Reserved]|§ 71-5-188. Actuarial Study of Tenncare

 71-5-1308. Administration of part.
TN Code § 71-6-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Programs and Services for Abused Persons|Part 1 - Adult Protection|§ 71-6-101. Short Title — Legislative Intent

  This part may be cited as the “Tennessee Adult Protection Act.”    The purpose of this part is to protect adults coming within this part from abuse, neglect or exploitation by requiring reporting of suspected cases by any person having cause to believe that such cases exist. It is intended that, as a result of such reports, the protective services of the state shall prevent further abuse, neglect or exploitation within the limitations set out in this part.   It is recognized that adequate protection of adults will require the cooperation of many agencies and service providers in conjunction with the department of human services due to the often complex nature of the risks to this adult group, and that services to meet the needs of this group will not always be available in each community. However, it is desirable that the following services, as well as other services needed to meet the intent of this part, be available: medical care, mental health and developmental disabilities services, including in-home assessments and evaluations; in-home services including homemaker, home-health, chore, meals; emergency services including shelter; financial assistance; legal services; transportation; counseling; foster care; day care; respite care; and other services as needed to carry out the intent of this part.
TN Code § 71-6-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Programs and Services for Abused Persons|Part 1 - Adult Protection|§ 71-6-104. Remedies — Injunctive Relief

  Any court with jurisdiction under this part may upon proper application by the department issue a temporary restraining order or other injunctive relief to prohibit any violation of this part, regardless of the existence of any other remedy at law.   The court may enjoin from providing care for any person, on a temporary or permanent basis, any employee or volunteer, who the court finds has engaged in the abuse, neglect or exploitation of an adult as defined in this part, in any situation involving the care of such adult by such employee or volunteer, whether such actions occurred in an institutional setting, in any type of group home or foster care arrangement serving adults, and regardless of whether such person, facility or arrangement serving adults is licensed to provide care for adults.
TN Code § 71-6-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Programs and Services for Abused Persons|Part 1 - Adult Protection|§ 71-6-105. Reporting or Investigating Parties — Immunity From Liability — Protection From Job Discrimination

 Any person making any report or investigation pursuant to this part, including representatives of the department in the reasonable performance of their duties and within the scope of their authority, shall be presumed to be acting in good faith and shall thereby be immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any such participant shall have the same immunity with respect to participation in any judicial proceeding resulting from such report or investigation. Any person making a report under this part shall have a civil cause of action for appropriate compensatory and punitive damages against any person who causes a detrimental change in the employment status of the reporting party by reason of the report.
TN Code § 71-6-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Programs and Services for Abused Persons|Part 1 - Adult Protection|§ 71-6-106. Privilege for Confidential Communications

 Notwithstanding the existence of the privilege for confidential communications between husband and wife, the chancellor at the hearing may compel testimony if, in the chancellor's opinion, disclosure is necessary in the interest of the adult.
TN Code § 71-6-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Programs and Services for Abused Persons|Part 1 - Adult Protection|§ 71-6-108. Prohibitions

 No adult may be adjudicated incompetent or committed to a mental institution under this part.
TN Code § 71-6-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Programs and Services for Abused Persons|Part 1 - Adult Protection|§ 71-6-109. Payment for Protective Services

 If the department determines that the adult is financially capable of paying for the protective services received, according to standards to be set by the department, the adult shall reimburse the state for the cost of providing the protective services. If the department determines that the adult is not financially capable of paying for the protective services received, the state shall bear the cost of providing the protective services. Otherwise, the department may recover such cost from the adult in any court of competent jurisdiction.
TN Code § 71-6-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Programs and Services for Abused Persons|Part 1 - Adult Protection|§ 71-6-110. Violation of Duty to Report

 Any person who fails to make reasonable efforts to make a report required by this chapter or § 39-15-509(a) commits a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 71-6-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Programs and Services for Abused Persons|Part 1 - Adult Protection|§ 71-6-111. Authority and Responsibility of Department

 It is the legislative intent that the protective services set out in this part be provided and that the department have present authority to provide or to arrange for the provision of the same. However, the provision of the services is subject to budgetary limitations and the availability of funds appropriated for the general provision of protective services to all persons entitled to services.
TN Code § 71-6-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Programs and Services for Abused Persons|Part 1 - Adult Protection|§ 71-6-112. Funding

 The cost of the administration of this part and the provision of the services hereby authorized shall be limited to the amount of funds specifically appropriated for such purposes by the general assembly.
TN Code § 71-6-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Programs and Services for Abused Persons|Part 1 - Adult Protection|§ 71-6-113. Cooperation by Other Departments — Specialized Care

  It is the legislative intent that the departments of mental health and substance abuse services, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and health, or their successor agencies, shall assist the department of human services with providing the services required under this part.   When the department of human services is unable to find a resource for any person in need of protective services who, because of mental or physical illness, intellectual disability or developmental disabilities, is in need of specialized care or medical treatment, the departments of mental health and substance abuse services, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and health, or their successor agencies, shall, based upon available resources, give priority to the person for appropriate placement or treatment if the person is eligible for placement.
TN Code § 71-6-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Programs and Services for Abused Persons|Part 1 - Adult Protection|§ 71-6-114. Jurisdiction and Venue

  The circuit, general sessions, and chancery courts have jurisdiction of proceedings arising under this part. Probate courts in counties having a population of not less than seven hundred seventy-five thousand (775,000) according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit and chancery courts.   A proceeding under this part may be commenced in the county where the adult resides or is physically present.
TN Code § 71-6-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Programs and Services for Abused Persons|Part 1 - Adult Protection|§ 71-6-115. Cooperation by Law Enforcement Officials

 It is the legislative intent that law enforcement officials shall cooperate with the department of human services in providing protective services under this part. Further, when the department is unable to return an adult to physical custody who voluntarily leaves such custody, law enforcement officials shall assist in returning the adult to such physical custody and shall give priority in providing such assistance.
TN Code § 71-6-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Programs and Services for Abused Persons|Part 1 - Adult Protection|§ 71-6-116. Motion for Review of Court Decree

 Either party to a proceeding under this part, or any interested person on behalf of the adult subject to such a proceeding, may file a motion for review of the decree of the court at any time.
TN Code § 71-6-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 6 - Programs and Services for Abused Persons|Part 1 - Adult Protection|§ 71-6-122. Toll-Free Number for Reporting Elder Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation

 The division of adult protective services of the department of human services shall establish a toll-free telephone service to enable citizens within the state to call the division free of charge to report abuse, neglect, or exploitation and to seek relevant assistance from the division in such matters.