Commissioner of human services to conduct study of poverty

The commissioner of human services shall complete a study of poverty in Tennessee, including its implications and potential solution strategies with feedback from departments, agencies, and selected non-governmental organizations serving the affected populations. Such departments, agencies and organizations shall include, but not be limited to the following: (1) Department of children's services; (2) Department of health; (3) The bureau of TennCare; (4) Department of economic and community development; (5) The Tennessee commission on children and youth; (6) Department of disability and aging; (7) The Room in the Inn program of Middle Tennessee; (8) The Catholic Charities in Tennessee; (9) The Area Relief Ministries of Jackson, Tennessee; (10) The Second Harvest Food Bank of Tennessee; (11) The Neighborhood Christian Center of Memphis, Tennessee; and (12) The Regional Interfaith Alliance of Jackson, Tennessee. Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 184, eff. 7/1/2024. Acts 2014, ch. 934, § 1. The commissioner of human services shall complete a study of poverty in Tennessee, including its implications and potential solution strategies with feedback from departments, agencies, and selected non-governmental organizations serving the affected populations. Such departments, agencies and organizations shall include, but not be limited to the following: (1) Department of children's services; (2) Department of health; (3) The bureau of TennCare; (4) Department of economic and community development; (5) The Tennessee commission on children and youth; (6) Department of disability and aging; (7) The Room in the Inn program of Middle Tennessee; (8) The Catholic Charities in Tennessee; (9) The Area Relief Ministries of Jackson, Tennessee; (10) The Second Harvest Food Bank of Tennessee; (11) The Neighborhood Christian Center of Memphis, Tennessee; and (12) The Regional Interfaith Alliance of Jackson, Tennessee. Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 184, eff. 7/1/2024. Acts 2014, ch. 934, § 1.