l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 1476

Public assistance benefits; require applicants and recipients to participate in community service programs to qualify.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE ABLE-BODIED ADULT APPLICANTS FOR AND RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC BENEFITS IN MISSISSIPPI TO COMPLY WITH MANDATORY COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY SUCH PERSON WHO DOES NOT COMPLY SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BASED ON THE SERVICES OF NONCOMPLIANCE; TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES AND EXCEPTIONS FOR SUCH MANDATORY COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR WILLFUL VIOLATIONS OF SUCH REQUIREMENTS; TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY STATE AGENCY TO PROVIDE ANY PUBLIC BENEFIT IN VIOLATION OF SUCH REQUIREMENTS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-13-115, 43-17-1, 71-5-511 AND 43-33-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO SPECIFICALLY REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, THE OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AND THE MISSISSIPPI HOUSING AUTHORITIES TO REQUIRE APPLICANTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO COMPLY WITH MANDATORY COMMUNITY SERVICE AS REQUIRED UNDER THIS ACT; 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

February 20 to March 6, 2012, 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 RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 20 to Mar 6 · 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 Feb 20 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 20Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 20Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives