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Rules and Regulations

PROGRAM RULES AND RELEVANT STATUTE(S)

(Note: TCA=Tennessee Code Annotated, USC=United States Code).

Adolescent Health

  • TCA 37-3-5, Teenage Pregnancy
  • USC Title 42, Chapter 7, Subchapter V, §710, Separate Program for Abstinence Education
  • USC Title 42, Chapter 7, Subchapter V, §710 Amended, Restoration of Funding for Abstinence Education

Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening

  • USC Title 42, Chapter 6A, Subchapter XIII, §300k, Preventive Health Measures with Respect to Breast and Cervical Cancers

Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

  • TCA 56-7-2368, Insurance Coverage for Hearing Aids
  • TCA 68-12-1, Treatment of Disabled Children
  • TN Rules 1200-11-3

Family Planning

  • TCA 68-34-1, Family Planning
  • TN Rules 1200-16
  • USC Title 42, Chapter 6, Subchapter VIII, §300, Population Research and Family Planning Programs

Child Fatality Review

  • TCA 68-1-11, Sudden, Unexplained Child Death
  • TN Rules 1200-15-03
  • TCA 68-142-1, Child Fatality Review and Prevention Act of 1995
  • TCA 68-142-2, Tennessee Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Act of 2007

Home Visiting

  • TCA 37-3-703, Healthy start pilot project established—Objectives—Evaluation—Required disclosures
  • USC Title 42, Chapter 6A, Subchapter II, §254-c8, Healthy Start for Infants
  • TCA 68-1-25, TN Nurse Home Visitor Program Act
  • TCA 68-1-125, Funds for in-home visiting programs—Emphasis on evidence-based programs—Report on Findings
  • USC Title 42, Chapter 7, Subchapter V, §711, Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs

Infant Health

  • TCA 68-1-8, Care of Newborn Infants
  • TCA 68-5-2, Newborn Eye Treatment

Newborn Screening

  • TCA 56-7-2508, Insurance Coverage for Hearing Screening
  • TCA 68-5-4, Newborn Testing—Metabolic Defects
  • TCA 68-5-5, Genetic Testing
  • TCA 68-5-9, Early Detection of Hearing Loss
  • TN Rules 1200-15-1-1

Women’s Health

  • TCA 68-1-18, Office of Women’s Health

REQUIRED LEGISLATIVE REPORTS

Child Fatality

  • TCA 68-142-105

Healthy Start

  • TCA 37-3-703

Evidence-Based Home Visiting Annual Report

  • TCA 68-1-125

Nurse Home Visiting Annual Report

  • TCA 68-1-2508

ADVISORY COMMITTEES

Children’s Special Services

  • TCA 68-12-106

Genetics Advisory Committee

  • TCA 68-5-503, Genetics Advisory Committee

Perinatal Advisory Committee

  • TCA 68-1-803, Perinatal Advisory Committee

Women’s Health

  • TCA 68-1-1804