Tennessee § 4-3-1603 - Powers and duties.

§ 4-3-1603. Powers and duties.

The department of mental health and substance abuse services has jurisdiction and control over the mental health facilities of the state, regardless of the names by which the facilities are known. The department, through its appropriate officials, has the duty and power to provide the best possible care for persons with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance in the state by improving existing facilities, by developing future facilities and programs, and by adopting a preventive program for mental illness and serious emotional disturbance, all as provided in applicable provisions of title 33. The department of mental health and substance abuse services shall administer title 33, chapter 2, part 4. Acts 2010, ch. 1100, § 9; 2012, ch. 575, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Former part 16, §§ 4-3-1601 — 4-3-1603 (Acts 1953, ch. 27, §§ 1, 2 (Williams, §§ 255.68e, 266.68f); impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 52, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1965, ch. 82, §§ 8, 16; Acts 1971, ch. 411, § 1; 1974, ch. 802, § 1; 1975, ch. 248, § 1; modified; 1978, ch. 617, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 4-321, 4-322; Acts 1993, ch. 234, § 10; 2000, ch. 947, §§ 2-6), concerning the department of mental health and developmental disabilities, was repealed and replaced by Acts 2010, ch. 1100, §§ 9 and 10, effective January 15, 2011. 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.