l9n/ Mississippi

2010 Regular Session

House Bill 122

TANF recipients; authorize DHS to require recipients to submit to drug test to determine eligibility for benefits.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT RECIPIENTS OF TANF BENEFITS WHO ARE 13 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER MAY BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO ONE RANDOMLY ADMINISTERED DRUG TEST PER YEAR TO DETERMINE THEIR ELIGIBILITY TO CONTINUE RECEIVING TANF BENEFITS; TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS WHO TEST POSITIVE FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS SHALL HAVE TANF BENEFITS TERMINATED AND SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PASS TWO LATER TESTS BEFORE TANF BENEFITS ARE REINSTATED; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THAT WILL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PERFORM THE DRUG TESTING OF TANF RECIPIENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COST OF THE INITIAL DRUG TEST SHALL BE PAID IN EQUAL PARTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS FAILING TO PASS THE INITIAL DRUG TEST SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE COST OF LATER TESTS; 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

Its course

January 5 to February 2, 2010, 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 5 to Feb 2 · stopped28 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 5 to Feb 2 · stopped28 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 5 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 5Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 2Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 5Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives