Child Care Rules Hearings

October 7, 2021

Event

October 7, 2021

9:00 am


Location

Multiple locations: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville

On Thursday, October 7, 2021, the Department of Human Services will hold rules hearing for Chapters 1240-04-01 and 1240-04-07.  These rules hearings will be held in Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis and Knoxville in person with one hearing in the morning and one hearing in the evening.   

During this hearing, the hearing officer will provide an introduction and any interested parties may make comments on the proposed rules.  The rules comment period will be held open for 10 days following this hearing – through October 18, 2021, and written comments may be submitted to the Department of Human Services, 505 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TN 37243, c/o the Office of General Counsel, 14th floor, James K. Polk Building or via email to:  ChildCareRules.DHS@tn.gov

Hearing dates and times are listed below as follows:

Nashville: Tennessee Tower Building, Conference Room A&C – 3rd Floor 312 Rosa L. Parks Ave. Nashville, TN 37243; Hearings at 9:00 AM Central and 5:00 PM Central

Virtual Option: Hearing at 9:00 AM Central. To attend, access the livestream by clicking here, or the WebEX (to attend and comment) by clicking here.

Memphis: One Commerce Square Building, Training Room 1 – 5th Floor 40 South Main St. Memphis, TN 38103; Hearings at 9:00 AM Central and 5:00 PM Central

Knoxville: Tennessee State Office Building on campus of Pellissippi State Community College Conference Room E – 3rd Floor 7175 Strawberry Plains Blvd. Knoxville, TN 37914; Hearings at 10:00 AM Eastern and 6:00 PM Eastern

Chattanooga: Eastgate Building, Conference Room 2.306, Brainerd Rd Chattanooga, TN 37411; Hearings at 10:00 AM Eastern and 6:00 PM.

The rules filing can be viewed here: https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/rules_filings/08-16-21.pdf