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Tennessee Code Title 16. Courts § 16-19-104

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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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