l9n/ Mississippi

2016 Regular Session

House Bill 1186

Kinship Care Subsidy Program; establish to assist kinship caregivers of minor relatives.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A KINSHIP CARE SUBSIDY PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING ELIGIBLE KINSHIP CAREGIVERS WHO HAVE LEGAL CUSTODY OR GUARDIANSHIP OF THEIR MINOR RELATIVES WHO LIVE IN THE CAREGIVERS' HOMES; TO SPECIFY THE CRITERIA FOR A KINSHIP CAREGIVER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SUBSIDY UNDER THE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY KINSHIP CAREGIVER CONVICTED OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE FELONY SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM APPLYING FOR A SUBSIDY UNDER THE PROGRAM FOR ONE YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH THE AMOUNT OF THE SUBSIDY BY REGULATION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SUBSIDY SHALL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE TANF BLOCK GRANT; TO PROHIBIT SUBSIDY RECIPIENTS FROM USING THE BENEFITS IN CERTAIN PLACES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-15-17 AND 43-17-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; 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 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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 8 – Feb 23

  1. Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives