The Recommendations of the Governor’s Task Force on the Healthcare Safety Net

September 12, 2005 The Recommendations of the Governor's Task Force on the Healthcare Safety NetOn January 24, 2005, Governor Phil Bredesen established the Task Force on the Healthcare Safety Net by Executive Order. In doing so, the Governor noted that while county health departments, community and faith-based clinics, safety net hospitals and other commercial and non-commercial healthcare outlets are vital to Tennessee's healthcare safety net, development of the safety net has been limited since the inception of the TennCare program in 1994. The Task Force was charged with the responsibility of examining the state of the . . .