§ 71-5-2314. Payment of Claims Under Tenncare Partners Program
This section is intended to ensure the prompt and accurate payment of all claims incurred by providers delivering services to enrollees of the TennCare partners program, and to formalize the resolution of all claims disputes arising under the partners program. Accordingly, the standards and requirements set forth at § 56-32-126(b), shall be applicable to the […]
§ 71-5-2209. Liability for Expenditures
The commissioners shall be jointly and severally liable for the application of any money drawn on their order from the county treasury for the use of the asylum. Code 1858, § 1604; Shan., § 2688; Code 1932, § 4805; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-909, 14-20-209.
§ 71-5-2210. Annual Report
The commissioners shall report to the county legislative body, at its January session every year, the condition of the asylum, making the superintendent’s report a part of their own. Code 1858, § 1612; Shan., § 2696; Code 1932, § 4813; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-910, 14-20-210.
§ 71-5-2301. Allowances by County Legislative Body
The county legislative body may, in its discretion, allow and pay to poor persons who may become chargeable as paupers, and who will probably be benefited thereby, such sums or such annual allowance, to be paid according to the direction of the legislative body, as will not exceed the charge of their maintenance in the […]
§ 71-5-2302. Exemption From Road Service
The county legislative body may exempt from working on public roads any person unable, by manual labor or physical exertion, to make a support, whenever it appears to be just and right. Code 1858, § 1620 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 97); Shan., § 2704; Code 1932, § 4820; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ […]
§ 71-5-2303. Contract for Support With Use of Farm
The county legislative body may also let out the support of the poor, with the use and occupancy of the poorhouse and farm, for a period not exceeding three (3) years. Code 1858, § 1615; Shan., § 2699; Code 1932, § 4816; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ […]
§ 71-5-2304. Contracts for Support of Poor
The county legislative body may also contract with any person for the support of any or all the poor of the county, upon such terms as may be deemed reasonable, for a period not exceeding one (1) year. Code 1858, § 1616; Shan., § 2700; Code 1932, § 4817; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, […]
§ 71-5-2205. Removal — Vacancies
The county legislative body may remove the commissioners, or any one (1) of them, at pleasure, and proceed to fill the vacancy at any time; and should any one (1) or more of them die, resign, remove from the county, or fail or refuse to act, the county mayor may fill the vacancy, and such […]
§ 71-5-2206. Order for Expenditures — Warrants
When money is to be drawn from the county treasury for the purchase of the site of the asylum, the erection of the buildings, for improvements, repairs, or for the ordinary expenses of the maintenance of the poor, it shall be done upon an order of the commission, entered upon its minutes, specifying the purpose […]
§ 71-5-2207. Book of Accounts — Items Entered
The commissioners shall keep a book of accounts, in which they shall charge themselves with all moneys drawn by them from the treasury of the county, specifying the number and date of the warrant on which each sum was drawn, and credit themselves with their disbursements, giving the number and date of each voucher, and […]