l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2562

Child care payment system; prohibit DHS from using payment system that records time and attendance through certain methods.

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 TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FROM IMPLEMENTING IN THE CHILD CARE PAYMENT SYSTEM ANY PAYMENT SYSTEM THAT TRACKS AND RECORDS TIME AND ATTENDANCE THROUGH BIO-METRICS, FINGER SCANNING OF PARENTS AND DESIGNEES, ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER (EBT) CARDS OR ANY OTHER METHOD THAT WOULD REDUCE SERVICES, DENY ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS, AND UNDULY BURDEN THE GOALS AND PURPOSE OF THE CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT FUND (CCDF) AS A WORK FORCE SUPPORT FOR LOW-INCOME PARENTS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO USE ALL AVAILABLE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) FUNDS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN SERVED IN THE CHILD CARE PAYMENT SYSTEM; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO USE ALL FEDERAL AND STATE CCDF FUNDS FOR SERVICES TO CHILDREN IN THE CHILD CARE PAYMENT SYSTEM, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 43-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT ANY UNSPENT TANF FUNDS REMAINING FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CCDF; 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

6 co-sponsors

David Jordan, Deborah Jeanne Dawkins, Kenneth Wayne Jones, John Horhn, Sollie B. Norwood, Derrick T. Simmons

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 SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 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 Senate Jan 20 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate