Title 8, Public Officers And Employees

(a) All municipal corporations and special school districts are hereby expressly authorized to provide group life, hospitalization, disability, or medical insurance for all employees and officials of such municipal corporations and special school districts and for the dependents …

(a) In municipal corporations and special school districts desiring to provide such insurance coverage for employees and officials, the aldermen or other governing body of the municipal corporation or special school district shall appoint a committee of aldermen or other governin…

When a municipal corporation or special school district shall so approve and make available to its employees and officials such insurance protections, the employees and officials shall still have the election of accepting or rejecting such coverage.

For the purpose of financing such insurance programs, the municipal corporation or special school district may bear the expense of such coverages, as the aldermen or other governing body of the municipal corporation or special school district shall so determine, up to an amount e…

The aldermen or other governing body of the municipal corporation or special school district shall appropriate from the funds of the municipal corporation or special school district an amount annually which shall be sufficient to pay the municipal corporation's or special school …

Once a municipal corporation or special school district has provided an insurance program under this part, such program may not be discontinued in its entirety unless the governing body of the municipal corporation or special school district shall so decide by a vote on such reso…

The authority conferred by this part is in addition and supplemental to, and is not in substitution for, the power or authority conferred by any other general or special law, or any other implied power or authority of municipal corporations and special school districts, and does …

(a) There is created a local government insurance committee, to be composed of the commissioner of finance and administration; the comptroller of the treasury; the state treasurer; an employee or official of a municipality, as defined by § 6-51-101(2), who participates in the gro…

(a) (1) The local government insurance committee has the authority to establish a group insurance plan for employees of local governments and quasi-governmental organizations. The local government insurance committee shall establish the definition of “employee”.(2) Any entity app…

(a) The costs of the health plan, including plan administration, shall be fully borne by agencies and their members. (b) Nothing in this part shall require a local government agency to make available to its employees any insurance plan approved by the local government insurance c…

(a) County officials, as defined in § 8-34-101, shall be allowed to participate in any plan established by the local government insurance committee even if the county does not participate. The cost of participation shall be determined by the local government insurance committee, …

(a) The local government insurance committee may establish basic health plan benefits and voluntary benefits, as the local government insurance committee deems necessary and reasonable, for retired local government employees. The health benefits may be made available to all eligi…

(a) Subject to the approval of the state insurance committee as created in § 8-27-201 and the local government insurance committee, retired county judges, county officials, and employees of employers participating in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system pursuant to chapte…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Authorized local education employees” means local education employees who have been authorized by the trustees to participate in the trust based upon the trustees' decision to establish a trust for local educati…

(a) The trustees shall establish an investment trust or trusts for the purpose of pre-funding other post-employment benefits accrued by employees of the state, to be paid as they come due in accordance with the arrangements between the state, the plan members, and their beneficia…

(a) Any trust created under this part shall be an irrevocable trust and the assets thereof shall be preserved, invested and expended solely pursuant to and for the purposes of this part and shall not be loaned or otherwise transferred or used for any other purpose. The assets of …

(a) The initial funding of any trust created under this part for state employees and their beneficiaries shall be from appropriations made in the general appropriations act for such purpose. Initial funding for a trust created for authorized local education agency employees and t…

(1) In addition to the powers granted by any other provisions of this part, the trustees shall have the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this part and the purposes and objectives of the investment trust or trusts, including, but not limit…

Nothing in this part shall be construed to define or otherwise grant any rights or privileges to other post-employment benefits. The rights and privileges, if any, shall be governed by the terms of the state's or the local education agency's post-employment benefit plans.

Nothing in this part prohibits a local education agency from participating in any other post-employment benefits investment trust created pursuant to chapter 50, part 12 of this title.

(1) As used in this part:(1) “Administrator” means:(A) An individual, either employed by, or contracted with, the sponsor or the plan to provide administrative services on behalf of the plan; or(B) An entity with whom the sponsor contracts to provide administrative services on be…

(a) The plan document must include:(1) The name of the plan administrator and the designation of any named fiduciaries other than the plan administrator under the claims procedure for deciding benefit appeals;(2) A description of the benefits provided;(3) The standard of review f…

(a) A plan shall not recover a medical payment paid to, or on behalf of, a plan participant under a plan unless:(1) The medical payment has been incorrectly paid; or(2) The plan participant recovers, or is entitled to recover, from a third-party tortfeasor or third-party insurer …

(a) By accepting payment of benefits pursuant to a plan authorized by this part, a plan participant has assigned to the plan the right of third-party insurance benefits or other recovery rights to which the plan participant may be entitled, which must be noted in plain language i…

(a) A third party, upon receiving a request from a plan, shall provide information identifying persons covered by third parties for medical services. As a condition of doing business in this state or providing coverage to residents of this state, and subject to subsection (c), a …

(a) A plan shall list the address or addresses to which all notices required by this section must be sent in the plan document, in the SPD, and in all materials the plan provides to the primary insured regarding benefits under the plan, including information published on the inte…

If a plan participant initiates suit against a plan or administrator for any action taken on behalf of the plan with respect to benefits under the plan, recovery is limited to accrued benefits due under the terms of the plan, a declaratory judgment on entitled-to benefits, or an …

It is the intention of the general assembly that §§ 8-27-905 — 8-27-907 be used in lieu of application of the “made whole” doctrine for any recovery authorized under this part. Sections 8-27-905 — 8-27-907 apply to cases that have been settled when no lawsuit has been filed.

The plan document must be made available to all plan participants for review, either electronically or in printed format, upon a plan participant's request.

(a) A covered entity, whether public or private, shall comply with a request or subpoena for information protected under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) (42 U.S.C. § 1320d et seq.) when the request or subpoena:(1) Is made by:(A) An …

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to establish in the state a system of personnel administration that will attract, select, retain and promote the best employees based on merit and equal opportunity, and free from coercive political influences. Because the citizens of the state …

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to all personnel in state service. “State service” means all officers and positions of trust or employment in the service of state government in the executive branch and all boards, commissions and agencies of state g…

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Appointing authority” means a commissioner, department, officer or agency having power to make appointments to, and separations from, positions in state service;(2) “Board of appeals” means the state employee…

(a) The commissioner, as executive head of the department of human resources, shall direct and supervise all administrative and technical human resources activities of state service. In addition to other authority and responsibilities imposed upon the commissioner by law, the com…

Rules adopted under this chapter shall have the force and effect of law, and may include any provision relating to state employment consistent with the laws of this state, which may be necessary or appropriate to give effect to the provisions and purposes of this chapter.

(1) To carry out the purposes of this chapter, the department may do the following:(1) Contract with persons outside the department as the commissioner deems necessary;(2) Administer oaths;(3) Issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents r…

(a) All officers and employees of the state shall comply with this chapter and the rules, regulations and orders established pursuant to this chapter, unless a specific exemption applies. (b) A state officer or employee who fails to comply with any provision of this chapter or wi…

(a) There is created and established in the department of human resources a board of appeals. The board shall be comprised of a minimum of nine (9) members and a maximum of eighteen (18) members, in the discretion of the commissioner. (b) The members of the board of appeals shall…

(a) The general assembly finds that the state government is at its most effective when the employees of the state government are the most highly qualified candidates for employment with the state government and that hiring decisions should be based on merit rather than any other …

State service is divided into the preferred service and executive service.

(a) The following positions shall be executive service positions:(1) Any officer or employee appointed by the governor and all positions in the governor's office;(2) Any deputy commissioner or equivalent authority in each department or state agency;(3) Any assistant commissioner …

(a) The commissioner, after consulting with appointing authorities and other qualified authorities, shall determine, or cause to be determined, the authority, duties, and responsibilities of all positions in the state preferred service. (b) The commissioner shall prepare a classi…

Before establishing a new position in the preferred service or making a material change in the authority, duties, or responsibilities of a position in such service, an appointing authority shall receive approval from the commissioner in writing.

The commissioner may, at any time, allocate any new position to a class, or change the allocation of any position to a class, or make changes in the classification plan. If any change is made in the classification plan by which a class of positions is divided, altered, or abolish…

No person shall be appointed to or employed in a position in the preferred service under a classification title that has not been approved by the commissioner as appropriate to the duties to be performed. Nothing in this section prohibits the use of working job titles assigned by…

(a) The commissioner shall prepare and recommend to the governor a compensation plan for all employees. Such compensation plan shall include, for each class of positions, a minimum and maximum rate, and such intermediate rates as the commissioner considers necessary or equitable.…