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Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
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RDA: 2305
Database ID: 2323
Record Series Title: Patient Medical Record
Record Series Abstract: Records include but not limited to: admission & preadmission documents, medical care, mental health treatment, discharge summary, aftercare services, death certificate, escape reports, Order for Judicial Commitment.
Record Series Active: Yes
Cut Off at End of: Other
If Other, Explain: Patient Discharge/age of majority (18 years old).
Total Retention: 10 Years 0 Months
Retention End Action: Destroy
Disposition Notes: Cut off at the end of each patient’s discharge/age of majority (18 years old). Maintain in agency 5 years, then transfer to state records center for 5 years. OR Maintain in agency until available storage space is used up for up to 5 years, then transfer to state records center. Hold the remaining years to total 10 years; then destroy by state approved methods. Paper can be scanned to free up physical space, once verified for completeness and accuracy paper records will be destroyed via state approved methods. Electronic records will be stored on agency server for remaining retention period, up to 10 years.
View Signed Form: Form Not Received
Worksheet
Worksheet ID: 2323
Record Location: Each Facility's Central/Medical Records Department; Order for Judicial Commitment will be held in LEGAL Counsel's Office AT 500 DEADERICK ST, ANDREW JACKSON BLDG., 5th floor, NASHVILLE, TN 37243.
File Arrangement: Numerical
Media Format Generated: Both
Media Format Stored: Paper/Electronic
Date Range: 1944 to current
Annual Accumulation: 3875 cu ft 240 gigabytes
Current Volume: 19,379 cu ft 1200 gigabytes
Record Value: Administrative, Legal
Audit Requirements: State
Reference Frequency:
Current Year per Month: 475
Past Year: 350
2 - 5 Years: 150
Over 5 Years: 70
Data Update Frequency: Yearly
Information Shared Outside of State: No
If Shared, List Agencies:
Essential Record: Yes - Original
Essential Record Stored: MIDDLE TN MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE-DONELSON WESTERN MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE-BOLIVAR MOCCASIN BEND MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE-CHATTANOOGA MEMPHIS MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE-MEMPHIS RICHARDS&RICHARDS-NASHVILLE
Essential Record Media Type: Paper
Confidential: Yes
Confidential Legal Citation:
Media Recommendation: Current Format
Media Recommendation Other: N/A
Agency Retention: 5 YEARS
Agency Retention - Years Active: 4 YEARS
Agency Retention - Years Inactive: 1 YEARS
Records Center Retention Period: 5 YEARS
Final Disposition after Retention Expires: Destroy
Legal Citation: TCA 68-11-305;TCA 33-3-101;TCA 10-7-504
Record Sample: No Sample
Legal Documentation: No Legal Documentation
Electronic Records Plan Inventory
System Name: ORACLE FILE SERVERS
IT-ABC Number: N/A
Hardware Description: THE ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARE STORED IN FOLDERS ON A STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS(STS) SERVER. ALL HARDWARE FOR MAINTAINING THE RECORD SERIES SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT STANDARDS OF STS.
Software Description: DOCUMENTS AND METADATA ARE CAPTURED BY USING MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICES AND SCANNING THE DOCUMENT BY PRESSING THE APPROPRIATE BUTTON ON THE MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICE USING LEXMARK DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTOR SOFTWARE.
System Location: THE ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARE KEPT ON A SERVER MAINTAINED AND SUPPORTED BY STS AT THEIR DATA CENTER, 901 5th AVE N, NASHVILLE, TN. 37243.
Backup Procedures: BACKUP PROCEDURES SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT STANDARDS OF STS, LOCATED IN THE 901 5th AVE N, STS BUILDING, NASHVILLE, TN. 37243. BACKUP PROCEDURES SHALL BE REVIEWED AND TESTED ANNUALLY.
Disaster Recovery: THE AGENCY SHALL HAVE A DETAILED DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN FOR THE SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT STANDARDS OF STS. THE DISASTER RECOVERY PLANS SHALL BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY.
Data Migration Description: DOCUMENTS ARE SCANNED TO THE STATE NETWORK TO A FOLDER ON A STS SERVER. THE METADATA CAPTURED AT THE TIME OF SCAN IS STORED IN A MICROSOFT SQL SERVER DATABASE AND IS DELETED AT THE 10 YEAR RETENTION DISPOSITION.
Metadata Description: METADATA VARIES BASED ON THE DOCUMENT TYPE. BELOW IS A LIST OF SOME DATA ELEMENTS; PATIENT'S FIRST NAME, MIDDLE INITIAL, LAST NAME, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, ADDRESS, TRACKING NUMBER, DOCUMENT GROUP, DOCUMENT TYPE, COUNTY, DISTRICT, FILENAME, TOTAL PAGES, FILE SIZE, AUDIT ELEMENTS SUCH AS TRACKING NUMBER, VARIED BY, DATE CREATED, ACTIVE, CLOSED, PENDING, DELETED, ETC. THE DATA SETS ARE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EXCEL, WORD, TEXT, PDF, PICTURES, IMAGE FILES (TIFF ETC.) AND EMAIL EXPORTS. ANY ELECTRONIC FILE THAT IS RELEVANT TO PATIENT MEDICAL RECORD FILES WILL BE IN THE FOLDER STRUCTURE.
Contact Information
Contact Name: CATHY BENHAMED
Job Title: PROCUREMENT OFFICER 2
Address 1: 500 DEADERICK ST
Address 2: ANDREW JACKSON BLDG., 6th floor
City: NASHVILLE
Zip: 37243
Phone: 6155326623
Email: cathy.benhamed@tn.gov
Agency: Dept. of Mental Health
Agency Head: COMMISSIONER MARIE WILLIAMS
Director: JAY OZIMINSKI
Allotment Code: 339
Status
Action Requested: Revision
Comments
  Date Comments
Records Management Division (RMD): 10-12-2017 No recommended changes.
Tennessee State Libary and Archives: 10-13-2017 No recommended changes.
Comptroller Audit Review: 2017-10-12 We have reviewed RDA 2323 from an audit standpoint. We concur with the recommended retention and disposition specifications.
Agency: 10-13-2017 Thank you.
RMD Director Recomendations: 02-13-2018 RDA 2305 is a request to revise an RDA. The retention period will remain ten years and destroy. The format will change from paper/microfilm/electronic to paper/electronic. The Abstract, Cut Off, Disposition Notes, and Worksheet have been updated. Recommend approval of request to revise RDA 2305.
Signed Form Received: 2017-10-19
PRC Meeting Date: 04-25-2018
PRC Comments: PRC approves RDA 2305.
PRC Action: Approved
RDA History
ID RDA PRC Reviewed PRC Action
755 2305 2016-11-03 Approved
2323 2305 2018-04-25 Approved
2373 2305 0000-00-00 Pending