The commissioner shall submit a report by not later than February 1 of each year to the governor and to each house of the general assembly regarding the department's nursing home inspection and enforcement activities during the previous year. The report shall analyze trends in compliance with nursing home standards and residents' rights by nursing homes in the state, and shall be limited to identifying those trends through aggregate and quantitative data only. In preparing the report, the commissioner may utilize quantitative data compiled by nursing homes pursuant to federal or state regulations. The commissioner shall ensure that the report is promptly made available to the public by dissemination via the Internet and that the report is available for members of the public to copy.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Chapter 1 - Department of Health
§ 68-1-104. Duties of Commissioner
§ 68-1-107. Indemnity Insurance for Health Officials
§ 68-1-109. Uncompensated Care
§ 68-1-110. Annual List of Medicaid and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tanf) Options
§ 68-1-111. Record Retention Requirement
§ 68-1-115. Regulations — Tennessee Family Insurance Assistance Program
§ 68-1-118. Specific Authorization Required for Release of Information
§ 68-1-120. Report on Nursing Home Inspection and Enforcement Activities
§ 68-1-123. Report on Access to Care and Safety Net Adequacy
§ 68-1-124. Coordination of Programs to Prevent and Treat Diabetes — Central Data Repository
§ 68-1-126. Plan to Establish Demonstration Sites
§ 68-1-131. Reports on Existing Apprenticeship Programs of Boards and Commissions