Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-2-410

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Service recipient protection trust fund

Official statutory text

(a) The commissioner shall establish and maintain a service recipient protection trust fund, created by the deposit of all civil penalty moneys collected under this part. (b) The trust fund shall be maintained for the purpose of protecting the service recipients of a facility or service, whose noncompliance with the conditions of continued licensure, applicable state and federal statutes, rules, or contractual standards threatens the service recipients' care or property or the facility's or service's continued operation. (c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, trust funds remaining unspent at the end of the fiscal year shall be carried over into the budget of the department for the subsequent fiscal year, and shall continue to be carried over from year to year until expended for the purposes prescribed in this section. Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1; T.C.A. § 33-2-409 ; Acts 2001, ch. 299, § 1.
(a) The commissioner shall establish and maintain a service recipient protection trust fund, created by the deposit of all civil penalty moneys collected under this part.
(b) The trust fund shall be maintained for the purpose of protecting the service recipients of a facility or service, whose noncompliance with the conditions of continued licensure, applicable state and federal statutes, rules, or contractual standards threatens the service recipients' care or property or the facility's or service's continued operation.
(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, trust funds remaining unspent at the end of the fiscal year shall be carried over into the budget of the department for the subsequent fiscal year, and shall continue to be carried over from year to year until expended for the purposes prescribed in this section.
Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1; T.C.A. § 33-2-409 ; Acts 2001, ch. 299, § 1.

Status: in_force

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