Tennessee Code Title 41. Correctional Institutions and Inmates § 41-1-408

(A) “Hormone replacement therapy” means a medical approach that involves administering sex hormones and other hormonal medications with the primary goal of altering a person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics existing at the person's birth;

(B) “Psychotropic medication” means medication used for antipsychotic, antidepressant, antimanic, antianxiety, behavioral modification, or behavioral management purposes, as listed in the Physician's Desk Reference (PDR), or where there is a body of peer-reviewed medical literature supporting its use;  and

(C) “Sex reassignment surgery” means a surgical procedure, or series of procedures, that alters a person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics existing at the person's birth.

(2)(A) Notwithstanding this title to the contrary, the department of correction shall not use state funds:

(B) Subdivision (b)(2)(A) does not prohibit the department from administering psychotropic medication to state inmates incarcerated in a state penitentiary or a county jail or workhouse if deemed necessary by trained medical personnel provided in accordance with subsection (a).