Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

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2		-	HOUSE BILL 634
3		-	By Clemmons
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5	4		SENATE BILL 233
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13	12		AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
14	13		Title 34 and Title 71, Chapter 2, relative to
15	14		conservatorships.
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17	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
18	17		SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 34, Chapter 3, is amended by adding
19	18		the following new section:
20	19		(a) There is created the conservatorship management task force, hereafter
21	20		referred to in this section as the "task force".
22	21		(b) The task force is composed of nine (9) members, which include:
23	22		(1) The commissioner of disability and aging or the commissioner's
24	23		designee;
25	24		(2) The commissioner of health or the commissioner's designee;
26	25		(3) The director of the administrative office of the courts or the director's
27	26		designee;
28	27		(4) The commissioner of human resources or the commissioner's
29	28		designee;
30	29		(5) The commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services or
31	30		the commissioner's designee; and
32	31		(6) The following public members, to be appointed by the governor:
33	32		(A) One (1) current member of the judiciary with experience in
34	33		probate matters;
35	34		(B) One (1) representative from the Conservatorship Association
36	35		of Tennessee;
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41	40		(C) One (1) representative from either a legal services program or
42	41		legal aid office in this state, or an attorney who contracts with either
43	42		program or office; and
44	43		(D) One (1) representative of the Tennessee Center for Decision-
45	44		Making Support.
46	45		(c) Initial appointees to the task force under subdivision (b)(6) serve staggered
47	46		terms as follows:
48	47		(1) The persons appointed under subdivisions (b)(6)(A) and (b)(6)(B)
49	48		shall serve initial terms terminating on June 30, 2027; and
50	49		(2) The persons appointed under subdivisions (b)(6)(C) and (b)(6)(D)
51	50		shall serve initial terms terminating on June 30, 2028.
52	51		(d)
53	52		(1) Following the expiration of members' initial terms as prescribed in
54	53		subsection (c), all appointments to the task force are for terms of three (3) years
55	54		and shall begin on July 1 and terminate on June 30, three (3) years thereafter.
56	55		(2) Public members shall serve until the expiration of the term to which
57	56		they were appointed and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
58	57		(3) Members are eligible for reappointment to the task force following the
59	58		expiration of their terms, but shall serve no more than two (2) consecutive three-
60	59		year terms.
61	60		(e) The purpose of the task force is to:
62	61		(1) Review the care and management provided by conservators to
63	62		determine the health, safety, and welfare of individuals under a conservatorship
64	63		and make recommendations;
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69	68		(2) Determine the amount of assets managed by conservators and
70	69		review the management of assets by conservators;
71	70		(3) Review the provision and direction of available resources to promote
72	71		effective and successful conservatorships;
73	72		(4) Review education offerings and requirements for conservators and
74	73		the public about conservatorships in this state;
75	74		(5) Determine a process to provide notification to the court when a
76	75		conservator is removed for cause;
77	76		(6) Determine the capacity to document and track information for
78	77		conservatorships in one (1) central location;
79	78		(7) Review the capacity to detect fraud and abuse of persons subject to
80	79		conservatorship by enhancing this state's ability to identify potential areas of
81	80		concern;
82	81		(8) Review the capacity of the public guardianship program and
83	82		determine the need for an independent conservator panel or professional
84	83		conservators;
85	84		(9) Review the monitoring of conservatorships and determine the
86	85		necessity for a central oversight office; and
87	86		(10) Address other issues identified in the course of the work of the task
88	87		force.
89	88		(f) A majority of the members constitutes a quorum. The governor shall appoint
90	89		a chair from the members appointed pursuant to subdivision (b)(6).
91	90		(g) The task force shall meet quarterly and may meet more often upon a call of
92	91		the chair.
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97	96		(h) The task force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to
98	97		the department of disability and aging and the administrative office of the courts no later
99	98		than December 31, 2025 and every year thereafter.
100	99		(i) The task force is administratively attached to the department of disability and
101	100		aging. All appropriate agencies of state government shall provide assistance to the task
102	101		force upon request of the task force.
103	102		(j) If vacancies occur on the task force for any cause, then the governor shall fill
104	103		the vacancies within sixty (60) days for the duration of the unexpired term, if applicable.
105	104		(k) No members of the task force shall receive compensation, nor shall members
106	105		be entitled to reimbursement for actual travel and other expenses incurred in attending
107	106		any meeting and in performing any duties prescribed in this section.
108	107		SECTION 2. For the purpose of appointing members to the task force, this act takes
109	108		effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, this act takes
110	109		effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.