l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2109

TANF assistance benefits; require applicants to submit to drug testing to qualify.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT RELATING TO DRUG SCREENING OF POTENTIAL AND EXISTING BENEFICIARIES OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO PERFORM A DRUG TEST ON AN APPLICANT FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES BENEFITS; TO REQUIRE SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO BEAR THE COST OF THE DRUG TEST; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE, AND THE APPLICANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF, NOTICE OF THE DRUG-SCREENING POLICY; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE INITIAL TANF BENEFIT BY THE AMOUNT PAID BY THE INDIVIDUAL FOR THE DRUG TESTING; TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR TESTING AND RETESTING; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION CONCERNING LOCAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO TESTS POSITIVE; TO PROVIDE CONDITIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO REAPPLY FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES BENEFITS; TO PROVIDE THAT, IF A PARENT IS INELIGIBLE AS A RESULT OF FAILING A DRUG TEST, THE ELIGIBILITY OF THE CHILDREN IS NOT AFFECTED; TO PROVIDE CONDITIONS FOR DESIGNATING ANOTHER PROTECTIVE PAYEE; TO PROVIDE RULEMAKING AUTHORITY TO THE DEPARTMENT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 43-17-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMANITY; 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 Senate

Its course

January 10 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 SenateJan 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 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 Senate Jan 10 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 10Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 10Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate