§ 71-1-101 Short title
§ 71-1-102 Part definitions
§ 71-1-103 Department created
§ 71-1-104 Succession to previous agencies – Workshop for blind
§ 71-1-105 Powers and duties
§ 71-1-106 Appointment of chief officer and personnel
§ 71-1-107 Duties of commissioner
§ 71-1-108 Authority over personnel
§ 71-1-109 Legal assistance – Property – Rules
§ 71-1-110 Advisory committees – Multi-disciplinary protective services advisory teams
§ 71-1-111 Hearings – Evidence
§ 71-1-112 Divisions and regions – Division of housing and emergency shelter
§ 71-1-113 Expenditure of funds
§ 71-1-114 Compliance with federal requirements authorized
§ 71-1-115 Conditions imposed on local governments
§ 71-1-116 Judicial enforcement of subpoena – Notice – Inspection of employment records and credit bureau reports
§ 71-1-117 Public inspection of welfare lists
§ 71-1-118 Restrictions on use of welfare list
§ 71-1-119 Utilization of senior citizens’ services
§ 71-1-120 Federal funds – Administrative economy
§ 71-1-121 Access to public assistance records by authorized counsel
§ 71-1-122 Review of human services advisory committees
§ 71-1-123 Recovery by state of certain benefits incorrectly paid or for which recipient is reimbursed
§ 71-1-124 Quarterly report detailing department’s access to and use of federal funds
§ 71-1-125 Inclusion of information detailing access to use of federal TANF funds in annual block grant report
§ 71-1-126 Review of state medicaid program
§ 71-1-127 Annual training about human trafficking
§ 71-1-129 “Parents as first teachers” pilot projects
§ 71-1-130 Day care services – Rate of reimbursement – Market rate study – Enrollment-based child care subsidy payments program
§ 71-1-131 Confidentiality of records
§ 71-1-132 Rule making authority – Compliance with federal law – Notice of rulemaking
§ 71-1-133 Child care services fraud – Restitution – Civil recovery of overpayments
§ 71-1-134 License, certification or registration – Notifications – Prerequisites – Website – Electronic notifications
§ 71-1-135 Victims of human trafficking
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 71 > Chapter 1 > Part 1 - Department of Human Services

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of human services. See Tennessee Code 71-1-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Tennessee Code 71-1-102
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Director: means the director of a division within the department. See Tennessee Code 71-1-102
  • Division: means one (1) of the divisions created within the department of human services for the purposes of administration. See Tennessee Code 71-1-102
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Region: means one (1) or more counties grouped for the purpose of local administration. See Tennessee Code 71-1-102
  • Regional director: means the director of a region. See Tennessee Code 71-1-102
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • 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
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105