Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
House Bill 789
TANF and Medicaid; require teenage recipients of to participate in programs about birth control, abstinence and parenting.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO PROVIDE TEENAGE TANF RECIPIENTS WITH INFORMATION AND REFERRAL TO PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL, PRENATAL HEALTH CARE, ABSTINENCE EDUCATION, MARRIAGE EDUCATION, PARENTING SKILLS, FAMILY PRESERVATION AND FATHERHOOD, AND REQUIRE THOSE TANF RECIPIENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PROGRAMS; TO PROVIDE THAT AFTER THE IDENTITY OF THE FATHER OF A CHILD OF ANY OF THOSE TANF RECIPIENTS HAS BEEN LEGALLY DETERMINED, THE FATHER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PROGRAMS; TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO PROVIDE TEENAGE MEDICAID RECIPIENTS WITH INFORMATION AND REFERRAL TO PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL, PRENATAL HEALTH CARE, ABSTINENCE EDUCATION, MARRIAGE EDUCATION, PARENTING SKILLS, FAMILY PRESERVATION AND FATHERHOOD, AND REQUIRE THOSE MEDICAID RECIPIENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PROGRAMS; TO PROVIDE THAT AFTER THE IDENTITY OF THE FATHER OF A CHILD OF ANY OF THOSE MEDICAID RECIPIENTS HAS BEEN LEGALLY DETERMINED, THE FATHER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PROGRAMS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 19 to February 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 3
- Jan 19Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Medicaid
- Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Public Health and Human Services;MedicaidHouse of Representatives
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives