By Representatives Lamberth, Gant, Hazlewood, Smith, Moody
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 775
By Senators Johnson, Lundberg
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-4-2006, relative to COVID-19 related relief payments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-4-2006(b)(2), is amended by adding the following as a new subdivision:
( ) Any amount received between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021, through the following programs funded by the coronavirus relief fund under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 9001 et seq.), including any extension or modification thereof, or funded by appropriations under other federal law under Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.), to mitigate the fiscal effects of COVID-19, to the extent such amount would otherwise be included in net earnings or loss as defined in subsection (a):
(i) The Tennessee business relief program or the supplemental employer recovery grant program administered by the department of revenue;
(ii) The coronavirus agricultural and forestry business fund administered by the department of agriculture;
(iii) The hospital staffing assistance program or the emergency medical services ambulance assistance program administered by the department of health; or
(iv) The Tennessee small and rural hospital readiness grants program administered by the departments of economic and community development and finance and administration.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-4-2006(b)(2), is amended by adding the following as a new subdivision:
() Any amount received between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021, out of the additional funds allocated to the payments to states for the child care and development block grant under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 9001 et seq.), including any extension or modification thereof and the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, Pub. L. 116-94, or received between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021, out of additional funds allocated to the payments to states for the child care and development block grant under other federal law enacted to mitigate the fiscal effects of COVID-19, and administered by the department of human services, to the extent such amount would otherwise be included in net earnings or net loss as defined in subsection (a).
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
PASSED: April 12, 2021
CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
RANDY MCNALLY
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
APPROVED this 14th day of April 2021
BILL LEE, GOVERNOR