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TN Code § 71-2-408 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 2 - Programs and Services for Elderly Persons|Part 4 - Adult Day Care|§ 71-2-408. Notification of Denial — Hearings

 Immediately upon the denial of any application for issuance or renewal of a license or upon the revocation of any license, the department shall notify the applicant in writing. Not later than ten (10) days after the department mails the notice, the applicant may submit a written petition for a hearing to the department. Upon receipt by the department of the petition in proper form, such petition shall be set for hearing. The hearing shall be held within sixty (60) days of receipt of the petition. The proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, with the department having all the powers granted in the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act to ensure:   Compliance with regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter;   Continued demonstrated community need;   Conformity of the program to individual participants' assessed and reassessed needs and interests with particular attention to visual, auditory and equipment needs;   Suitability of program changes to the community and participants served; and   Compliance with any requirements of law or regulations pertaining to fire and safety.
TN Code § 71-2-410 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 2 - Programs and Services for Elderly Persons|Part 4 - Adult Day Care|§ 71-2-410. Governing Boards

 The department shall require each adult day care center operated by a municipality or county or by a nonprofit corporation and caring for ten (10) or more persons to have a governing board. The governing board of an adult day care center, having final authority and responsibility for conduct of the center, shall be comprised of four (4) or more persons. The governing board may include members who may be recipients of the services of the adult day care center, relatives of such recipients, or representatives of community organizations with particular interest in programs for the elderly. No member of the governing board, nor any member of the immediate family of a member of the governing board, shall have any direct or indirect interest in any contract for supplying services to the adult day care center.
TN Code § 71-2-411 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 2 - Programs and Services for Elderly Persons|Part 4 - Adult Day Care|§ 71-2-411. Compliance

 Each adult day care center that files an affidavit with the department as of January 1, 1997, certifying that such facility is in existence and in operation shall have two (2) years to fully comply with this part.
TN Code § 71-2-412 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 2 - Programs and Services for Elderly Persons|Part 4 - Adult Day Care|§ 71-2-412. Rules and Regulations

  The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.   All rules and regulations promulgated to effectuate the purposes of this part shall also be reviewed by the health and welfare committee of the senate and the health committee of the house of representatives.   Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner shall have the authority to amend the rules for licensure of adult day care by entities contracted to provide medicaid-reimbursed home- and community-based services pursuant to chapter 5, part 14 of this title, as needed to be consistent with the home- and community-based settings final rule, published in the Federal Register at 79 FR 2947 (January 16, 2014), including the authority to differentiate licensure requirements for any entity contracted to provide medicaid-reimbursed home- and community-based services pursuant to chapter 5, part 14 of this title, in order to allow the facility or entity to comply with the federal rule and continue to receive medicaid reimbursement for home- and community-based services. Rules adopted by the department under this subsection (c) shall be developed with input from stakeholders and promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act; provided, however, that the department shall not promulgate emergency rules under this subsection (c) as defined in § 4-5-208. Licensure survey and enforcement shall be conducted in a manner consistent with any rule issued under this subsection (c).
TN Code § 71-2-413 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 2 - Programs and Services for Elderly Persons|Part 4 - Adult Day Care|§ 71-2-413. Advisory Committee

 There is hereby established an advisory committee consisting of not less than seven (7) members appointed by the commissioner. The advisory committee shall assist the commissioner in implementing this part. The advisory committee shall reflect the diversity of this state with respect to urban and rural areas, the three (3) grand divisions and the various ethnic groups of this state.
TN Code § 71-2-414 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 2 - Programs and Services for Elderly Persons|Part 4 - Adult Day Care|§ 71-2-414. Implementation

 It is the intent of the general assembly that this part, with the exception of the employment of one (1) employee to assist in the implementation of this part, be implemented within the existing resources of the department.
TN Code § 71-2-415 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 2 - Programs and Services for Elderly Persons|Part 4 - Adult Day Care|§ 71-2-415. Construction

 This part is declared to be remedial in nature and this part shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
TN Code § 71-2-416 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 2 - Programs and Services for Elderly Persons|Part 4 - Adult Day Care|§ 71-2-416. Adult Day Care and Senior Centers as Model Programs

  The department of finance and administration shall designate up to five (5) publicly or privately supported adult day care centers or senior centers within the state as model programs worthy of emulation with respect to one (1) or more of the following activities:  Comprehensive health education programs;   Nutrition assessment and screening;   Nutrition counseling; or   Health or nutrition referral services.     The selected model programs shall be programs that are designed to enhance the dignity and wellness of senior citizens and to encourage the independence and involvement of senior citizens in the community. The selected model programs must also be designed to achieve a tangible impact in areas that are traditionally socially and economically underserved.   Prior to designating the model programs, nominations shall be solicited from across the state. In selecting model programs, due consideration shall be given to the level of community acceptance and support for the programs and to the techniques by which the acceptance and support have been achieved.   Subject to the availability of funding for such purposes as contained within the fiscal year 2007-08 budget of the department of finance and administration, state grants shall be awarded to the model programs selected pursuant to this section. The dollar amount of each grant awarded shall be determined by the commissioner of finance and administration. Payment of any grant to any model program shall be conditional upon the willingness of the chief administrative officer of the program to provide informational and consultative assistance to those agencies of state or local government that may desire to emulate, in whole or in part, the model program. Any grant so received by a publicly supported agency shall be in addition to all other public funds that may be otherwise appropriated to the agency and it is not intended to supplant any other funding resource. Any funds not paid to a model program by June 30, 2008, shall revert to the general fund.   The commissioner of finance and administration shall undertake appropriate activities to publicize the department of finance and administration's activities in implementing this section and to publicize the activities and achievements of the model programs.
TN Code § 71-2-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 2 - Programs and Services for Elderly Persons|Part 5 - Prescription Drug Programs|§ 71-2-501. Legislative Intent — Enrollment in Prescription Drug Discount Card Program and Transitional Assistance Program Benefits — Automatic Enrollment

  It is the intent of the legislature that the state of Tennessee, through the bureau of TennCare, be designated as the authorized representative for elderly and disabled enrollees, who are eligible medicare beneficiaries, but have lost or may lose eligibility for TennCare benefits due to changes in the TennCare program, for the purpose of facilitating and effectuating enrollment in a medicare-approved prescription drug discount card program or programs, and for applying for transitional assistance program medicare drug benefits, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq. As the eligible enrollee's legally authorized representative for this purpose, TennCare may designate or select one (1) or more programs as preferred plans, for purposes of automatically enrolling such medicare beneficiaries, to expedite access to prescription drug discounts and secure related transitional assistance payments for those medicare enrollees eligible for such assistance.   To expedite and assure enrollment of individuals into a program, TennCare may enroll a medicare-eligible beneficiary in a program or programs, and apply for available transitional assistance on the enrollees' behalf, in the absence of any action or application of the individual beneficiary seeking such enrollment or assistance; provided, that each individual so enrolled shall be informed of the following:  In advance of enrollment in a program, the state's intent to enroll the individual in a program, unless the individual informs TennCare, within ten (10) days of receipt of such notice, that the individual does not want to be so enrolled;   The procedures by which the individual may disenroll from the preferred sponsor's program;   The existence of alternative medicare-approved prescription drug discount card sponsors in the region in which the individual resides; and   The means through which the individual may change the individual's enrollment to an alternative sponsor or may obtain assistance in doing so.     TennCare shall determine the procedures for automatic enrollment in a preferred sponsor's program and application for transitional assistance, where applicable.
TN Code § 71-2-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 2 - Programs and Services for Elderly Persons|Part 5 - Prescription Drug Programs|§ 71-2-502. Facilitation of Automatic Enrollment

 In facilitating automatic enrollment, TennCare may do one (1) or all of the following:   Enter into a contract that has been competitively procured, pursuant to title 12, with one (1) or more program sponsors, to facilitate automatic enrollment, which contracts shall be subject to comment by the fiscal review committee, pursuant to the procedures found under title 3, chapter 7;   Identify those medicare eligible enrollees who meet the federal income criteria for transitional assistance;   Preliminarily enroll the beneficiary into a preferred sponsor's program;   Apply for medicare transitional assistance program benefits through the medicare transitional assistance program on behalf of an eligible enrollee; and   Preliminarily enroll beneficiaries into a preferred program, with an opt-out provision for the individual.
TN Code § 71-2-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 2 - Programs and Services for Elderly Persons|Part 5 - Prescription Drug Programs|§ 71-2-503. Entitlement Not Created by Program

 The program established in this part is not, nor does it in any way create, an entitlement.
TN Code § 71-3-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 1 - Temporary Assistance|§ 71-3-101. Short Title

 This may be cited as the “Families First Act of 1996.”
TN Code § 71-3-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 1 - Temporary Assistance|§ 71-3-102. Program Subject to Availability of Federal Funds

 Continuation of the families first program is subject to, and limited by, the availability of federal funds that may be made available to the state of Tennessee by congress and the United States department of health and human services, or its successor agency.
TN Code § 71-3-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 1 - Temporary Assistance|§ 71-3-103. Part Definitions

  As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Assistance” means, unless otherwise required by the context, temporary assistance;   “Caretaker relative” means the father, mother, grandfather or grandmother of any degree, brother or sister of the whole or half-blood, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, aunt or uncle of any degree, first cousin, nephew or niece, the relatives by adoption within the previously named classes of persons, and the biological relatives within the previous degrees of relationship, and the legal spouses of persons within the previously named classes of persons, even if the marriage has been terminated by death or divorce, with whom a child is living;   “Child” or “children” means:  A person or persons under eighteen (18) years of age; or   A person who has not attained nineteen (19) years of age and who is a full-time student in a secondary school or the equivalent and who is expected to graduate by the nineteenth birthday;     “Department” means the department of human services;   “Dependent child” means, except as otherwise stated in this part, a child living with a caretaker relative if the child is deprived of parental support due to death of a parent, continued absence of a parent from the home, physical or mental incapacity of a parent, or unemployment or underemployment of either or both parents and if the child's legally responsible relatives are not able to provide adequate care and support of such child without temporary assistance;   “Family” means the eligible unit of children and parent or parents or caretaker relative or relatives residing in a common residence; and   “Temporary assistance” means the program to provide economic support and other support services to families that is provided by the state utilizing funds made available by congress and the secretary of health and human services to the state pursuant to the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), and any state funds that may be appropriated by the general assembly designated to support the temporary assistance program. If at any time, federal funds are not available to provide the continuation of the temporary assistance program, the state shall not be obligated to continue the program by using only state funds.     It is the intent of the general assembly that any welfare program administered by the state shall be in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.), and regulations promulgated pursuant to that act, and all other applicable federal civil rights legislation.
TN Code § 71-3-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 1 - Temporary Assistance|§ 71-3-109. Diversion Grants

  Except for a child-only grant for temporary assistance, the department shall evaluate appropriate cases to determine if a diversion grant would be effective in meeting a family's immediate and compelling need and prevent the family from going on temporary assistance or to assist the family in leaving temporary assistance. The diversion grant shall be awarded pursuant to the requirements in subsections (b) and (c) and the rules of the department.   The diversion grant:  Shall meet immediate needs so that an applicant or recipient can avoid temporary cash assistance;   May be granted as the department considers appropriate;   May not cover the same type of immediate need met by a previous diversion grant unless the department determines that the current immediate need is a new and verified emergency;   May range from one (1) to twelve (12) months of temporary cash assistance, dependent upon the department's determination that there is a compelling need for a diversion grant;   Shall be calculated based upon the amount of temporary cash assistance an applicant is eligible to receive under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families/Families First program; and   May not duplicate periods of temporary cash assistance.     The applicant's temporary assistance eligibility period will be reduced by the number of months the applicant receives a diversion grant.
TN Code § 71-3-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 1 - Temporary Assistance|§ 71-3-110. Distribution System

 The commissioner of human services has the authority to establish a system for distribution of any benefits provided by this part, or under the continued provisions of federal law and regulations as provided under § 71-3-108, by means of electronic benefits transfer system and to contract with public or private entities to provide any services necessary to carry out such provision as the commissioner shall determine is appropriate.
TN Code § 71-3-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 1 - Temporary Assistance|§ 71-3-111. Training and Supervision

  The department shall appropriately train and supervise all employees and other persons who are responsible for developing, evaluating and managing personal responsibility plans for recipients of temporary assistance. Such training and supervision shall include, but not be limited to, a competency based case management program to measure the effectiveness of each plan and to provide appropriate oversight and implementation.   Any necessary part-time or temporary job counseling and job placement personnel shall be employed as provided by law.   Any additional full-time positions required by the various departments involved in the implementation of this part and of chapter 5, part 12 of this title shall be employed as provided by law.
TN Code § 71-3-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 1 - Temporary Assistance|§ 71-3-116. Veterans Education Benefits

 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, to the extent permitted by federal law, the value of federal veterans education benefits received by an applicant shall not be included as any form of income when making eligibility determinations for assistance under this part.
TN Code § 71-3-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 1 - Temporary Assistance|§ 71-3-117. Amendment of Provisions

 All assistance granted under this part shall be deemed to be granted and to be held subject to any amending or repealing statute that may hereafter be passed, and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of such recipient's assistance being affected in any way by any amending or repealing statute.
TN Code § 71-3-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 1 - Temporary Assistance|§ 71-3-118. Charging for Assistance to Applicants Unlawful

  It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation either to charge or to receive, directly or indirectly, anything of value for assisting any person in making application to the proper authorities of this state, or any of them, for relief or assistance under any statutes of this state providing for financial assistance to dependent children.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 71-3-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 1 - Temporary Assistance|§ 71-3-119. Use of Lists of Recipients

  Except as permitted by §§ 71-1-117 and 71-1-118, it is unlawful for any person, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of this part, to solicit, disclose, receive, make use of, authorize or knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of any list or names of, or any information concerning, persons applying for or receiving aid and services to needy families with children, directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files, or communications of the department or divisions of the department, or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 71-3-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 1 - Temporary Assistance|§ 71-3-121. Transfer of Benefits — Exemption

 Assistance granted under this part shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity, and none of the money paid or payable under this part shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment or other legal process, or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.
TN Code § 71-3-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 1 - Temporary Assistance|§ 71-3-122. Prosecution of Deserting Spouse or Parent

 Whenever any dependent spouse or dependent child shall make an application to the county office of the department for an aid and services to needy families with children grant, and an investigation of the circumstances of the applicant reveals that the applicant was put in such needy circumstances by reason of the fact that the dependent spouse was deserted or abandoned by that spouse's or the child's parent, then it shall be the duty of the county office to notify the chief counsel of the department, whose duty it shall be to certify such fact to the prosecuting attorney of the county, who shall institute the necessary criminal proceedings against the spouse or parent who has deserted the dependent spouse or family.
TN Code § 71-3-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 1 - Temporary Assistance|§ 71-3-123. Civil Action Against Deserting Spouse or Parent

  All payments made by the department to such spouse or dependent child shall be recoverable against the deserting spouse or parents by the state as a debt due to the state, and such recovered payments shall be deposited by the state treasurer to the credit of the aid and services to needy families with children fund.   In the event the deserting spouse or parent has left the state, then the secretary of state shall be the lawful attorney or agent for such spouse or parent and service of process shall be made by serving a copy of the process on the secretary of state, and such service shall be sufficient service upon the spouse or parent; provided, that notice of such service and a copy of the process are forthwith sent by registered mail by the prosecuting attorney to the last known out-of-state address of the spouse or parent.   The property of the spouse or parent within the state shall be subject to execution for payment of any judgment taken against such spouse or parent.