Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
Section 52-2-410 - Person supported protection trust fund(a) The commissioner shall establish and maintain a person supported protection trust fund, created by the deposit of all civil penalty moneys collected under this part.(b) The trust fund must be maintained for the purpose of protecting the persons supported of a facility or service, whose noncompliance with the conditions of continued licensure, applicable state and federal statutes, rules, or contractual standards threatens the persons supported's 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 must be carried over into the budget of the department for the subsequent fiscal year and must continue to be carried over from year to year until expended for the purposes prescribed in this section.Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.