(a) The department shall prepare a comprehensive annual report of the status of child care agencies within the state subject to its jurisdiction, accompanied by special comments and recommendations, and the department shall publish the report on the department’s website for the public in conjunction with the department’s annual report required by § 37-5-105(4).

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 37-5-519

  • Child: means :
    (i) A person under eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
  • Department: means the department of children's services. See Tennessee Code 37-5-501
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) By March 1 of each year, the department shall make a presentation of the report to the appropriate committees of the senate and the house of representatives, as determined by each respective speaker.
(c) The presentation shall describe, at a minimum, the information described in § 37-5-518(c).