§ 37-3-521 — Informational services regarding second or subsequent pregnancies - Targeting potential at-risk first time teen parents

(a) The executive director of the commission on children and youth, and the commissioners of education, labor and workforce development, health, and children's services shall jointly develop and administer a plan to ensure that every teen parent, participating in the assistance programs or services of the departments, receives appropriate information concerning the potential benefits to be realized from delaying a second or subsequent pregnancy and to further ensure that such teen parent receives appropriate referral information if assistance is desired in postponing a second or subsequent pregnancy. (b) To the maximum extent reasonably possible, such informational services shall be provided by existing personnel and within existing resources. (c) The plan shall target, at a minimum: (1) Teen parents receiving homebound instruction pursuant to § 49-10-1101 ; (2) Teen parents receiving aid to families with dependent children pursuant to title 71, chapter 3, part 1; (3) Teen parents receiving medical assistance for themselves or their children pursuant to title 71, chapter 5, parts 1 and 2; (4) Teen parents receiving food stamp assistance pursuant to title 71, chapter 5, part 3; and (5) Teen parents receiving federally funded training and assistance administered through the Tennessee department of labor and workforce development. (d) The plan shall target other teens who are participating in the assistance programs or services of the departments and who are highly at risk of becoming first time teen parents. The plan may also target other teens who are highly at risk of becoming first time teen parents.

Legislative History

Acts 1987, ch. 442, § 1; 1988, ch. 960, §§ 1, 2; 1988, ch. 961, § 1; 1996, ch. 1079, § 73; 1999, ch. 520, § 37.