Tennessee § 37-2-405 - Adoption of guidelines.

§ 37-2-405. Adoption of guidelines.

The department of children's services may, by regulation, adopt and prepare additional guidelines for the plans required of agencies; however, no such guidelines shall apply to a licensed child care agency if not applicable to the department. All plans established for the child shall contain at least the following: The purpose for which the child has been placed in foster care; The estimated length of time in which the purpose of foster care will be accomplished; The description of services that are to be provided in order for the purpose of foster care to be accomplished, including those services to be provided to the family; and The person within the department or agency who is directly responsible for assuring that the plan is implemented. Acts 1976, ch. 731, § 3; 1979, ch. 272, § 3; 1983, ch. 438, § 19; T.C.A., § 37-1504; Acts 1988, ch. 979, § 4; 1996, ch. 1079, § 73; 2000, ch. 981, § 51; 2010, ch. 842, § 6. Code Commission Notes. Article II, § 24 of the Constitution of Tennessee provides, in part, that: “Any law requiring the expenditure of state funds shall be null and void unless, during the session in which the act receives final passage, an appropriation is made for the estimated first year's funding.” The Tennessee code commission has been advised by the commissioner of finance and administration that the necessary first year's funding was not appropriated during the 1991 regular session for the public act that would have amended this section. The code commission was directed by Acts 1991, ch. 509, § 54 to not codify acts that did not receive first year's funding. Accordingly, Acts 1991, ch. 246, § 3, which would have amended this section, has not been codified. If ch. 246, § 3 had been codified, the amendment of (b) by that act would have read as follows: “(b) The Tennessee commission on children and youth shall develop and provide such training to juvenile court judges, youth services officers, review board members, and departmental staff as may be necessary to provide such persons with adequate knowledge to perform their duties under this part.” Cross-References. Commission on children and youth, title 37, ch. 3, part 1. Law Reviews. A Critical Survey of Developments in Tennessee Family Law in 1976-77, V. Children (Neil P. Cohen), 45 Tenn. L. Rev. 451 (1978).