One state lawmaker has called for the government to appoint an auditor to examine the agency, and another is mulling a special meeting of a legislative committee to analyze the issue, according to the newspaper.
A former official with the office revealed this week that he had urged the office to report child deaths and near-deaths to state lawmakers, but the department has admitted it has not always lived up that obligation.
That's riled lawmakers, who say they need up-to-date information about those deaths to assess how good a job the state is doing at protecting children.
Last week, Gov. Bill Haslam announced he would launch his own study of the deaths, according to The Tennessean.