Tennessee § 4-3-1801 - Creation.
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§ 4-3-1801. Creation.
There is hereby created the department of health. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 373a30; Code 1932, § 255; Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 255.1; modified; Acts 1983, ch. 472, § 5. Compiler's Notes. The department of health, created by this section and § 4-3-101 , terminates June 30, 2023. See §§ 4-29-112 , 4-29-244 . For the transfer of TennCare from the department of finance and administration to the department of health, see Executive Orders Nos. 1 (January 26, 1995) and 11 (January 7, 1997). For transfer of the TennCare program and its related functions and administrative support from the department of health to the department of finance and administration, see Executive Order No. 23 (October 19, 1999). Acts 2015, ch. 18, § 3 provided that the Department of Health shall appear before the Government Operations Joint Evaluation Committee on Education, Health and General Welfare no later than December 31, 2015, to update the Committee on the Department’s progress in addressing the findings set forth in the November 2014 performance audit report. Cross-References. Creation of the department of health, § 4-3-101 . Department representatives as ex officio members of child sexual abuse task force, § 37-1-603 . Organization, powers and duties of department, title 68, ch. 1.
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