The commissioner shall:

(1) Based on best practice and research, assess the needs of service recipients and potential service recipients throughout the state, plan for a system to meet the needs, set standards for services and supports for service recipients, promote the development of services and supports for service recipients in a community-based, family-oriented system, perform the department‘s duties, and achieve the department’s goals;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 33-1-304

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
  • Department: means the department of mental health and substance abuse services. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) Collaborate with all relevant state agencies to coordinate the administration of state programs and policies that directly affect service recipients with respect to treatment, habilitation and education;
(3) Advise the governor, general assembly, state, local, and private agencies, and the public in matters affecting service recipients, and advocate meeting their needs; and
(4) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, assist the council on children’s mental health care in developing a plan that will establish demonstration sites in certain geographic areas where children’s mental health care is child-centered, family-driven, and culturally and linguistically competent and that provides a coordinated system of care for children’s mental health needs in this state.
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