Bill Title: As enacted, authorizes certain courts to order any of the following, in lieu of committing a child to DCS custody, if the child is found to be a delinquent child: assign a long-term mentor to such child; or require that the delinquent child or any of the child's family members receive counseling services from any counseling service provided through or approved by the juvenile court. - Amends TCA Title 37.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-21 - Pub. Ch. 343 [HB0453 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative G.A. Hardaway [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-093	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ophelia Ford [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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