Tennessee Statutes
§ 16-19-104 — No right of treatment conferred - Operation
Tennessee·Title 16
(a)This chapter creates mental health treatment court programs within the state that follows the general principles referenced in § 16-19-107 and that is approved by the department of mental health and substance abuse and established by the judge of a court in this state exercising criminal jurisdiction.
(b)This chapter does not confer a right or an expectation of a right to treatment for an offender within the criminal justice system.
(c)A recovery court program, including but not limited to, a veterans treatment court program or a drug court treatment program, shall operate separate and apart from a mental health treatment court program.
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Legislative History
Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1071, s 1, eff. 5/25/2022.
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Minutes§ 16-1-107
Power to sell land§ 16-1-108
Vesting title by decree or clerk's deed§ 16-1-109
Registration of decree or clerk's deed§ 16-1-110
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Use of papers filed in federal courts§ 16-1-115
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