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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1023

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 2358

    By Representatives Hawk, White, Alexander, Glynn, Love, Clemmons, Renea Jones,
                                                              Terry

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1921

     By Senators Massey, Watson, Harshbarger, Haile, Crowe, Lamar, Jackson, Oliver,
                                    Campbell, Briggs, Yager, Walley, Reeves

         AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to temporary
assistance.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 12, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:

                    (a) As used in this section:

                              (1) "Child care and development fund" or "CCDF" means the federal child
                    care and development fund established pursuant to 45 CFR 98;

                              (2) "Department" means the department of human services;

                              (3) "Smart steps program" means the state child care assistance program
                    administered by the department; and

                              (4) "Temporary assistance for needy families program" or "TANF" means
                    the federal temporary assistance for needy families program established
                    pursuant to 45 CFR Part 260.

                    (b) The department shall annually publish on the department's website a report
          on the temporary assistance for needy families program's and the child care and
          development fund's balances and expenditures. The report must include:

                              (1) Expenditures in the prior fiscal year by expense category and funding
                    source;

                              (2) Obligated balances by expense category and funding source;

                              (3) Any unobligated balance, including the balance of the TANF rainy-day
                    reserve;

                              (4) A detailed accounting of all expenditures counted towards the fifteen-
                    percent limitation on administrative expenditures established in 42 U.S.C. §
                    604(b); and

                              (5) The number of children served in the smart steps program during the
                    prior fiscal year, disaggregated by funding source, including TANF funds, CCDF
                    funds, and any other funding source utilized by the department.

                    (c) The department is authorized to promulgate rules to effectuate this section.
          The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative
          Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         HOUSE BILL NO. 2358

PASSED:  April 23, 2026

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                         CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                      RANDYrCNALLY
                         SPEAKER OF TH SENATE

1 1g APPROVED this
         tf. day of ~         2026

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR