(a) The department shall establish a comprehensive treatment program for substance abusing youth in this state. The program shall include residential care and treatment and necessary day treatment, outpatient and intervention services to support residential care.(b) As an alternative to building new facilities, the department may contract with hospitals or other health care institutions that provide the services required by this part.Acts 1985, ch. 443, § 2; 1993, ch. 234, § 7; T.C.A., § 33-8-402; Acts 2009, ch. 186, § 25; T.C.A. § 68-24-402; Acts 2010, ch. 1100, § 24.
Tennessee Legal Code