l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 1078

DHS; seek federal waivers to limit SNAP benefit purchases of low nutrition food and beverages.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO SEEK FEDERAL WAIVERS NECESSARY TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO ENCOURAGE A HEALTHY DIET FOR RECIPIENTS OF SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) BENEFITS BY LIMITING THE PURCHASE OF FOODS AND BEVERAGES THAT ARE LOW IN NUTRIENTS AND FOODS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO DISEASES SUCH AS HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES; TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT TO SEEK FEDERAL WAIVERS NECESSARY TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES TO PERSONS WHO ARE RECIPIENTS OF BENEFITS OR SERVICES FROM THE DEPARTMENT TO EARN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY CREDENTIAL BY TAKING AND PASSING GED TESTS; TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE A VIDEO IN AN APPROPRIATE MEDIUM FOR PRESENTATION IN THE MAIN OR LOCAL OFFICES IN WHICH TANF AND SNAP BENEFITS ARE PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT PROPER NUTRITION, HEALTHY EATING HABITS, AND PREVENTING AND REDUCING OBESITY; TO PROVIDE THAT APPLICANTS FOR AND RECIPIENTS OF TANF AND SNAP BENEFITS MAY VIEW THE VIDEO IN THE MAIN OR LOCAL OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT; 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

1 co-sponsor

Toby Barker

Its course

January 20 to February 4, 2014, 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 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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 20 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives