Tennessee § 37-3-605 - Statute implementation.

§ 37-3-605. Statute implementation.

Beginning with fiscal year 1994-1995, the departments of children's services, mental health and substance abuse services, and intellectual and developmental disabilities shall jointly implement the program of family preservation services at a level sufficient to meet the need for such services across the state. Effective July 1, 1998, the department of children's services shall have sole responsibility for implementing this part. Acts 1994, ch. 974, § 4; 1996, ch. 1079, § 73; 1998, ch. 1097, § 27; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 6; 2010, ch. 1100, § 59; 2012, ch. 575, § 1. Compiler's Notes. For assignment of implementation of the provisions of Acts 1994, ch. 974 to the office of children's services administration in the department of finance and administration, see Executive Order No. 58 (June 29, 1994). Acts 2010, ch. 1100, § 153 provided that the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of intellectual and developmental disabilities, and the commissioner of finance and administration are authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of the act. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.