{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-33-1-304","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-1-304","heading":"Duties of commissioner","body":"The commissioner shall:\n(1) Based on best practice and research, assess the needs of service recipients and potential service recipients throughout the state, plan for a system to meet the needs, set standards for services and supports for service recipients, promote the development of services and supports for service recipients in a community-based, family-oriented system, perform the department's duties, and achieve the department's goals;\n(2) Collaborate with all relevant state agencies to coordinate the administration of state programs and policies that directly affect service recipients with respect to treatment, habilitation and education;\n(3) Advise the governor, general assembly, state, local, and private agencies, and the public in matters affecting service recipients, and advocate meeting their needs; and\n(4) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, assist the council on children's mental health care in developing a plan that will establish demonstration sites in certain geographic areas where children's mental health care is child-centered, family-driven, and culturally and linguistically competent and that provides a coordinated system of care for children's mental health needs in this state.","path":["TN Code","Title 33","Chapter 1"],"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":"759de1586883f18ae32a3806c54ae257f37dcd93bbdb22a1175b9f285d92eea1","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-33-1-303","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-33-1-305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}