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TACIR approves work‑program amendment adding six statutorily requested studies
Summary
The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations approved a 2025–26 work‑program amendment adding six studies requested by public acts, including juvenile housing, continua of care, transportation funding and ambulance-services financing, after a staff presentation and a voice vote.
At a meeting of the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, commissioners approved an amendment to the commission’s 2025–26 work program that adds six research studies requested by recent public acts.
Deputy Executive Director Melissa Brown told commissioners the amendment consolidates draft research plans and that each study was requested by the General Assembly via a public chapter. "Beginning at the top of the page, public chapter 418x of 2025 requests a study regarding availability of housing and other treatment facilities for juvenile offenders," Brown said, and she listed the other requested projects and statutory due dates.
The amendment adds studies required by public chapters that direct TACIR to examine: availability of housing and treatment facilities for adjudicated juvenile offenders (due Jan. 31, 2026); the structure and improvement of continua of care in Tennessee (due Jan. 31, 2026); feasibility and potential effects of insurance coverage requirements for habilitative and rehabilitative speech therapy for stuttering (due July 31, 2026); sustainable funding sources for Tennessee transportation infrastructure (due Sept. 30, 2026); the economic impact and role of cosmetology and barbering professions (no statutory due date specified); and the economic impact on counties required to provide ambulance services, including reimbursement and funding structures (no statutory due date specified).
Brown said draft research plans for each proposed study are included in the docket book and that the studies were requested by public acts. After Brown concluded, Chairman Ken Yeager called for a motion. "Those in favor of approval of the 2025–26 work program amendment, say aye," Yeager said; commissioners responded "aye," and the chair declared the motion carried.
The added ambulance‑services study was later referenced in follow‑up discussion during the meeting as staff noted related interviews and forthcoming work on EMS funding and delivery. The commission recorded the amendment approval by voice vote; no roll‑call tally was provided in the meeting record.
The amendment incorporates statutory assignments that set several specific deadlines for staff deliverables. Brown said the studies and accomplishments will be reflected in the commission's next biennial report. Commissioners did not make additional substantive changes to the draft research plans at the meeting.
The vote finalizes the list of projects for TACIR staff to pursue under the 2025–26 work program and sets staff to prepare the research plans required by the cited public chapters.
