It is the policy of this state to displace competition among community mental health centers with regulation to the extent set forth in this part and to actively supervise the regulation to the fullest extent required by law, in order to promote cooperation and coordination among community mental health centers in the provision of mental health services to citizens receiving the services under programs funded or administered by departments or agencies of state government, including, but not limited to, the TennCare program.Acts 1998, ch. 1005, § 2; T.C.A., § 33-2-902; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1; 2001, ch. 349, § 2.
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