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2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2636

TANF benefits; require applicants to participate in mandatory community service programs to qualify.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE ADULT APPLICANTS FOR 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 SECTION 43-17-1, 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 Senate

2 co-sponsors

Melanie Sojourner, Michael Watson

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2015, 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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 19 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate