(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner shall submit a report quarterly to the persons identified in subsection (c) detailing the department‘s access to and use of federal funds. The report may be submitted electronically.
Director: means the director of a division within the department. See Tennessee Code 71-1-102
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The report must include information, in the aggregate and per program, regarding:
(1) The amount and source of federal funds available to be spent by the department in the current fiscal year;(2) The amount of federal funds budgeted to be spent and expected to be actually spent in the current fiscal year;(3) The amount and percentage of federal funds set aside as reserve, both cumulatively and in the current fiscal year;(4) Whether there are restrictions or requirements under federal law on how federal funds can be spent, and what those restrictions or requirements are;(5) Whether there are restrictions or requirements under state law on how federal funds can be spent, and what those restrictions or requirements are;(6) Whether and how the restrictions or requirements described in subdivisions (b)(4)-(5) prevented the department’s expenditure of federal funds; and(7) Whether unspent federal funds available to the department carry over to the next fiscal year or are lost.(c) Persons to whom the commissioner must submit the report include:
(1) The speakers of the house of representatives and the senate;(2) The chief clerks of the house of representatives and the senate;(3) The chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the house of representatives and the senate;(4) The chairs of the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate;(5) The executive director of the general assembly’s fiscal review committee, for distribution to the members of the committee;(6) The directors of the office of legislative budget analysis; and(7) The legislative librarian.(d) For purposes of this section, “program” includes programs administered by the department for adult and family services, child support, and rehabilitation services, including:
(1) The child care benefits program;(2) The temporary cash assistance program, through the state’s temporary assistance to needy families (TANF) program;(3) The supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP);(4) The child support enforcement program;(5) Rehabilitation services; and(6) The disability determination program.
