{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-49-6-6101","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-6101","heading":"Improvement and coordination of services","body":"The state departments of education, mental health and substance abuse services, and disability and aging shall take the following actions to improve and coordinate services for behavioral/emotionally disordered children. Any policy change required as a result of these actions will be presented to the state board of education for review and approval: (1) Delineation of each state and local agency's responsibilities; (2) Development of joint agency planning and training, especially between Tennessee's state and local agencies of mental health and substance abuse services, disability and aging and education; (3) Development of a systematic process for securing funding for a continuum of related service options; (4) Development of a definition of the target population; (5) Development of ongoing needs assessment process that addresses: (A) The complex and diverse needs of the children and their families; and (B) The resources of schools, mental health/intellectual and developmental disabilities providers, and public/private agencies; (6) Prepare an inventory of a continuum of existing services and options, known private or public agencies and families; (7) Development of an interagency agreement on the principles to be included in a plan of care as they relate to intervention or treatment goals. The plan of care shall have: (A) Child involvement if developmentally appropriate; (B) Measurable outcomes; (C) Identification of agency or agencies that shall monitor the plan of care; (D) Family involvement; and (E) Sensitivity to unique cultural needs; and (8) Development of interagency training plan in the area of truancy prevention. Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 137, eff. 7/1/2024. Acts 1994, ch. 985, § 4; 2010 , ch. 1100, § 79; 2012 , ch. 575, § 1.\nThe state departments of education, mental health and substance abuse services, and disability and aging shall take the following actions to improve and coordinate services for behavioral/emotionally disordered children. Any policy change required as a result of these actions will be presented to the state board of education for review and approval:\n(1) Delineation of each state and local agency's responsibilities;\n(2) Development of joint agency planning and training, especially between Tennessee's state and local agencies of mental health and substance abuse services, disability and aging and education;\n(3) Development of a systematic process for securing funding for a continuum of related service options;\n(4) Development of a definition of the target population;\n(5) Development of ongoing needs assessment process that addresses: (A) The complex and diverse needs of the children and their families; and (B) The resources of schools, mental health/intellectual and developmental disabilities providers, and public/private agencies;\n(A) The complex and diverse needs of the children and their families; and\n(B) The resources of schools, mental health/intellectual and developmental disabilities providers, and public/private agencies;\n(6) Prepare an inventory of a continuum of existing services and options, known private or public agencies and families;\n(7) Development of an interagency agreement on the principles to be included in a plan of care as they relate to intervention or treatment goals. The plan of care shall have: (A) Child involvement if developmentally appropriate; (B) Measurable outcomes; (C) Identification of agency or agencies that shall monitor the plan of care; (D) Family involvement; and (E) Sensitivity to unique cultural needs; and\n(A) Child involvement if developmentally appropriate;\n(B) Measurable outcomes;\n(C) Identification of agency or agencies that shall monitor the plan of care;\n(D) Family involvement; and\n(E) Sensitivity to unique cultural needs; and\n(8) Development of interagency training plan in the area of truancy prevention.","path":["TN Code","Title 49","Chapter 6"],"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":"829382c4dfa9ebfba3f32d51d4354e1b0155186a9088ed9922c511ff879949f7","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-49-6-6017","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-49-6-7001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}