Section 33-2-1102 - Determination of indigency - Periodic payments

(a) The commissioner, with the approval of the comptroller and the commissioner of finance and administration, shall establish rules for determining indigence and payments to be made periodically by nonindigent recipients of service or their responsible relatives.(b) Periodic payments by the recipient of service or the responsible relative shall be based on ability to pay as determined by factors the commissioner considers relevant.Acts 1983, ch. 323, § 32; 1996, ch. 795, § 2; T.C.A., § 33-4-102; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.