Section 40-36-105 - Duties of the department of correctionIn addition to those otherwise provided by law, the department of correction has the following powers, duties and responsibilities:
(1) Administer this chapter within the goals and mandates of this chapter;(2) Conduct statewide public education concerning the purposes and goals of this chapter and make a report to the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives, judiciary committee of the senate, and fiscal review committee regarding the effectiveness of diversion of offenders from state correctional institutions;(3) Provide technical assistance and training to local governments, private agencies and local community corrections advisory boards regarding community corrections and this chapter;(4) Facilitate the development of local community corrections plans;(5) Develop minimum standards, policies and administrative rules in accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, for the statewide implementation of this chapter;(6) Develop and implement an application process and procedures;(7) Review community corrections plans and provide grant funding; and(8) The department of correction may conduct evaluations of funding recipients under this chapter, annually or as often as needed, to ensure accountability and to measure the efficiency of the community-based alternatives to incarceration conducted under this chapter, and contractors must participate in the evaluations. The form and methods of the evaluations must be determined by the department. Funding recipients under this chapter must substantially comply with the standards and administrative regulations of the department defining the effectiveness of a community-based alternative to incarceration and must maintain, collect, and provide to the department, annually or as otherwise requested, any information required by the department for evaluation, which may include, but is not limited to: (A) The number of individuals admitted to the community-based alternative to incarceration;(B) The ratio of staff members to offenders;(C) The number of successful completions of the community-based alternative to incarceration;(D) The average time for an individual to successfully complete the community-based alternative to incarceration;(E) The number of individuals in the community-based alternative to incarceration who have incurred a new arrest, new conviction, or revocation of a community correction sentence, including the type of arrest, conviction, or revocation and the underlying conduct resulting in the arrest, conviction, or revocation; and(F) The average time an individual spends in the community-based alternative to incarceration before a new arrest, conviction, or revocation.Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 409, s 15, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 64, s 52, eff. 3/29/2021.Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 345, s 61, eff. 5/10/2019.Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 236, s 44, eff. 4/19/2013.Acts 1985 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 3, § 14; 1998, ch. 1049, § 45; 2012 , ch. 727, § 46.