HB2540 - Tennessee: Children's Services, Dept. Of

Companion Bill SB2666. Children's Services, Dept. of - Prohibits any person who is in the custody of the department based on an adjudication of delinquency and who commits an offense after the person's 18th birthday from being housed in the same facility with children under the age of 18. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB2540 / SB2666Increase State Expenditures - $1,261,100 Bill Summary for *HB2540 / SB2666 Under this bill, if any child in the legal custody of the department of children's services due to an adjudication of delinquency for an offense that occurred prior to the child turning 18 years of age commits a crime after the child turns 18 years of age, then the department may retain custody of the child, but that child must be housed in a separate facility from any other child under 18 years of age. Present [...]

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