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Tennessee Code Title 9. Public Finances § 9-4-206

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

(a) There is created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the “impaired drivers trust fund.” Moneys shall be deposited in the fund as provided in § 55-10-413(b), and shall be invested for the benefit of the fund pursuant to § 9-4-603. Moneys in the fund shall not revert to the general fund of the state, but shall remain available to be used by the division of vocational rehabilitation in the department of human services exclusively for the purpose specified in subsection (b).

(b)(1) The purpose of the impaired drivers trust fund is to provide financial assistance unavailable through any other source to residents of the state who, as a result of a traumatic brain injury, require such assistance. Moneys in the fund shall, whenever possible, be utilized to match any available federal dollars, and such moneys from the trust fund and the federal match shall be utilized to provide services needed to assist persons suffering from traumatic brain injuries including, but not limited to, day care services, available physical therapy, and any other appropriate developmental programs.

(2) As used in this subsection (b), “traumatic brain injury”:

(A) Means an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force resulting in total or partial disability or impairment;

(B) Includes open and closed head injuries that may result in seizures, and/or in mild, moderate, or severe impairments in one (1) or more areas including cognition, language, memory, attention, reasoning, abstract thinking, psychosocial behavior, physical functions, information processing, and speech; and

(C) Does not include brain injuries induced by birth trauma, but may include brain injuries caused by anoxia and other related causes, infectious disease not of a degenerative nature, brain tumor, toxic chemical or drug reactions.

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