Tennessee Code Title 71. Welfare § 71-4-1206

(a) The commissioner of human services shall promulgate, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, such rules as shall be necessary to ensure that this part is implemented in an efficient and effective manner.

(b) The commissioner is authorized to establish the hourly rate for the subsidy for personal care assistance services. Funding for the subsidy provided by this part shall be from year to year as such funds are specifically appropriated in the general appropriations act pursuant to title 9, chapter 4, part 51.