· TN legislature · 114

Welfare - As introduced, requires the commissioner of human services to provide to the commissioner of correction an application for food assistance to be used by inmates in state correctional institutions prior to release; requires the application to contain an option for the inmate to indicate a denial to apply for food assistance and reasons for doing so; requires the commissioner of correction to supply the application to each inmate prior to release; requires reports to the general assembly on certain data collected from the applications and on the number of inmates leaving incarceration who are approved for food assistance. - Amends TCA Title 41 and Title 71.

Sponsor

Andrew Farmer (R-TN)

Introduced

2026-02-03

Policy area

Social Welfare

Latest action

P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee - Government Operations for Review