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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
As used in this part:
(1) “Central nonprofit agency” means the agency designated by the committee to facilitate, by subcontract or other means, the fulfillment of orders from governmental entities for commodities and services and to assist the committee in administering the program described under this part;
(2) “Certified commodities or services” means:
(A) Commodities and services that have been recommended by the central nonprofit agency as suitable for procurement by any state governmental entity or as suitable for statewide contracts and that are certified pursuant to procedures approved by the state procurement commission as to quality, availability, and fair market price; and
(B) Commodities and services that have been recommended by the central nonprofit agency as suitable for procurement by political subdivisions and that are certified by the chief financial officer of the political subdivisions as to quality, availability, and fair market price;
(3) “Committee” means the advisory committee for providing competitive integrated employment for individuals with severe disabilities, created by § 71-4-703;
(4) “Competitive integrated employment” means employment available to individuals with severe disabilities or a customized employment available to individuals with severe disabilities, at a setting typically found in the community, at minimum wage or greater with the same benefits as nondisabled employees receive, in which eligible individuals interact with nondisabled individuals, other than nondisabled individuals who are providing services to those eligible individuals, to the same extent that nondisabled individuals in comparable positions interact with other persons;
(5) “Governmental entity” means a state governmental entity or a political subdivision;
(6) “Individuals with severe disabilities” means individuals who have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities;
(7) “Political subdivision” means any local governmental entity, including, but not limited to, any city, town, municipality, metropolitan government, county, utility district, school district, public building authority, housing authority, emergency communications district, and development district created and existing pursuant to the laws of this state, or any instrumentality of government created by any one (1) or more local governmental entities;
(8) “Production of commodities” means packaging, assembly, distribution, or other manufacturing processes; and
(9) “State governmental entity” means any agency, authority, board, commission, department, or office within the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of state government, or any autonomous state agency, authority, board, commission, council, department, office, or institution of higher education.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Tennessee Code Title 71. Welfare § 71-4-702 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tn/title-71-welfare/tn-code-sect-71-4-702/
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