§ 29-20-304. Approval or denial of claim -- Period for answering claim, action or suit.

TN Code § 29-20-304 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) A governmental entity or employee shall have sixty (60) days in which to answer or otherwise respond to any claim, action, or suit brought pursuant to this chapter.

(b) A claim shall be deemed to have been denied if at the end of the sixty-day period the governmental entity or its insurance carrier has failed to approve or deny the claim.