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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 238
SENATE BILL NO. 65
By Jackson, Roberts
Substituted for: House Bill No. 243
By Lafferty
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, relative to
the department of mental health and substance abuse services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-246(a), is amended by deleting
subdivision (18).
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-250(a), is amended by inserting the
following as a new subdivision:
( ) Department of mental health and substance abuse services, created by §§ 4-3-101
and 4-3-1601;
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 65
PASSED: April 14, 2025
YMcNALLY
HE SENATE
CAMERO~XTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED this J.Y\9-.. day of Aprt\ 2025
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