The department shall plan, coordinate, administer, monitor, and evaluate state and federally funded services and supports as a community-based system within the total system of services and supports for persons with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, developmental disabilities, or at risk for those conditions and for their families. All functions shall be carried out in consultation and collaboration with current or former service recipients, their families, guardians or conservators, service recipient advocates, service providers, agencies, and other affected persons and organizations.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Chapter 2 - Services and Facilities
Part 1 - Community Service System
§ 33-2-101. Services and Support to Be Community-Based System
§ 33-2-103. Requirements for Community-Based Systems
§ 33-2-104. Core Values of Service System
§ 33-2-105. Geographic Area for Service Systems — Designation of Information Sources