{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-16-19-104","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-19-104","heading":"No right of treatment conferred - Operation","body":"(a) This chapter creates mental health treatment court programs within the state that follows the general principles referenced in § 16-19-107 and that is approved by the department of mental health and substance abuse and established by the judge of a court in this state exercising criminal jurisdiction.\n(b) This chapter does not confer a right or an expectation of a right to treatment for an offender within the criminal justice system.\n(c) A recovery court program, including but not limited to, a veterans treatment court program or a drug court treatment program, shall operate separate and apart from a mental health treatment court program.","path":["TN Code","Title 16","Chapter 19"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"c4efa54017f7a2db9da26d1fc5ef0307e2a73561e3f87d5573be1077f1a80436","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-16-19-103","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-16-19-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}