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2011 Regular Session

House Bill 967

TANF and Medicaid; require teenage recipients of to participate in programs about birth control, abstinence and parenting.

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 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 CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES EMPHASIZING ABSTINENCE DESCRIBED IN THIS ACT; 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 PROVIDE THAT ANY UNSPENT TANF FUNDS REMAINING FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR FIRST SHALL BE EXPENDED TO PAY FOR THE EDUCATION-RELATED EXPENSES OF PERSONS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN NURSING EDUCATION COURSES AS PART OF WORKFORCE TRAINING AND PAY FOR THE CHILD CARE EXPENSES OF THOSE PERSONS WHILE THEY ARE TAKING THE NURSING EDUCATION COURSES; TO EXTEND THE DATE OF THE REPEALER ON THAT SECTION; 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; TO ESTABLISH THE CRITERIA REQUIRED FOR THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY EMPHASIZING ABSTINENCE TO TEENAGE TANF BENEFITS; TO REQUIRE THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY TO BE TAUGHT IN A MANNER THAT IS AGE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE; 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

7 co-sponsors

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

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 action9 actions on 8 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 923 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 17 to Jan 203 days

MedicaidJan 20 to Jan 266 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 26 to Jan 271 day

In the SenateFeb 9 to Mar 1 · stopped20 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 15 to Mar 1 · stopped14 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 9

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Medicaid
  2. Jan 20Reported as a committee substitute from PH to ME in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Jan 26Reported as a committee substitute from ME to PH in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Jan 27Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  5. Feb 9Committee substitute adopted in the House
  6. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 11 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 11Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 15Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  3. Mar 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Public Health and Human Services;MedicaidHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 20DR - TSDPCS: PH To MEHouse of Representatives
  3. Jan 26DR - TSDPCS: ME To PHHouse of Representatives
  4. Jan 27Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 9Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 9PassedHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 11Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 15Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  9. Mar 1Died In CommitteeSenate