4-3-1601 - Creation and functions. - Tennessee Statutes

4-3-1601. Creation and functions.

There is created the department of mental health and developmental disabilities. The general functions of the department are to coordinate, set standards for, plan for, monitor, and promote the development and provision of services and supports to meet the needs of persons with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disabilities through the public and private sectors in this state as set out in title 33.

[Acts 1953, ch. 27, § 1 (Williams, § 255.68e); Acts 1975, ch. 248, § 1; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 4-321; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 2.]