Tennessee Code Title 68. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection § 68-11-1620

(a) Fees and civil penalties authorized by the certificate of need program established by this part must be paid by the health facilities commission or the collecting agency to the state treasurer and deposited in the state general fund and credited to a separate account for the commission's expenses incurred administering the implementation and enforcement of the certificate of need laws. Fees include, but are not limited to, fees for the application of certificates of need, subscriptions, project cost overruns, copying, and contested cases. Disbursements from that account may only be made for the purpose of defraying expenses incurred in the implementation and enforcement of the certificate of need program established by this part by the commission. Funds remaining in the account at the end of a fiscal year do not revert to the general fund but remain available for expenditure in accordance with law.

(b) The commission shall prescribe fees by rule as authorized by the certificate of need program established by this part. The fees must be in an amount that, in addition to the fees prescribed in subsection (c), provides for the cost of administering the implementation and enforcement of the certificate of need program established by this part by the commission. The commission shall adjust the prescribed fees as necessary to provide that the account is fiscally self-sufficient and that revenues from fees do not exceed necessary and required expenditures.

(c) The commission shall annually collect the following schedule of fees from healthcare providers, and the fees must be paid to the state treasurer and deposited in the state general fund and credited to the commission's separate account. The following schedule applies: