HOUSE BILL 243 By Lafferty SENATE BILL 65 By Jackson SB0065 000323 - 1 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, relative to the department of mental health and substance abuse services. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-246(a), is amended by deleting subdivision (18). SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-250(a), is amended by inserting the following as a new subdivision: ( ) Department of mental health and substance abuse services, created by ยงยง 4- 3-101 and 4-3-1601; SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.