Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-9-111: Classification of expenditures — Hospitalization available to all.

(a) The expenditure of public funds for the control of tuberculosis and the isolation and treatment of persons ill with tuberculosis shall be considered as expenditures for the protection of the public health, and not as funds expended for welfare or relief.

(b) Hospitalization shall be available for the diagnosis and treatment of any person having or suspected of having tuberculosis.