l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 908

Children's Resource Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE CHILDREN'S RESOURCE COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION IS CHARGED WITH COORDINATING AND STREAMLINING THE STATE'S EFFORTS TO PROVIDE NEEDED SERVICES TO MISSISSIPPI'S CHILDREN; TO PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON THE COMMISSION; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION TO REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND CERTAIN COMMITTEES OF THE LEGISLATURE NOT LATER THAN DECEMBER 1 OF EACH YEAR; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION TO ADOPT INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONAL PROCEDURES NECESSARY FOR THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF THE COMMISSION; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH SUBCOMMITTEES FOR CONDUCTING SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION TO CREATE RESOURCE MAPS OF ALL FUNDS RECEIVED FOR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT CHILDREN IN THIS STATE, TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF MERGING, CONTINUING OR DISCONTINUING THOSE PROGRAMS OR SERVICES; TO REQUIRE ALL AGENCIES, DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE THAT PROVIDE PROGRAMS OR SERVICES TO CHILDREN IN THIS STATE TO CREATE AN ITEMIZED LIST OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, AND TO COOPERATE WITH THE COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ITEMIZED LISTS OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE JOHN C. STENNIS INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 1 OF EACH YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STENNIS INSTITUTE SHALL COMPILE THE INFORMATION IN THOSE LISTS INTO ONE DOCUMENT, AND PROVIDE THE COMPILED INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION AND CERTAIN COMMITTEES OF THE LEGISLATURE EACH YEAR; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION RECEIVED AND PREPARED BY IT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; 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

8 co-sponsors

Clara Burnett, Chuck Espy, David Gibbs, Esther Harrison, Robert E. Huddleston, America Chuck Middleton, Sara R. Thomas, Alyce G. Clarke

Its course

January 17 to March 1, 2011, 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 1024 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 17 to Jan 2710 days

In the SenateFeb 10 to Mar 1 · stopped19 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 14 to Mar 1 · 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 17 – Feb 10

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 27Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 9Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 10Committee substitute adopted in the House
  5. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 14 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 14Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Appropriations
  3. Mar 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 27Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 9Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 10Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 10PassedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 14Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 14Referred To Public Health and Welfare;AppropriationsSenate
  8. Mar 1Died In CommitteeSenate