l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 376

Public assistance; require recipients of to present proof each quarter of their attempts to obtain employment.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT EACH PERSON WHO IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, WHO IS RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS AND WHO IS NOT EMPLOYED SHALL BE REQUIRED, AS A CONDITION OF RECEIVING THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS, TO PRESENT TO THE PERSON'S CASEWORKER EACH QUARTER DOCUMENTATION OF THE PERSON'S ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT DURING THE PRECEDING QUARTER; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE AGENCY THAT ADMINISTERS THE PROGRAM FROM WHICH THE PERSON RECEIVES PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS SHALL USE THE DATABASE FROM THE WIN JOB CENTERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY TO VERIFY THE PERSON'S SEARCHES AND APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON SUBJECT TO THIS ACT WHO DOES NOT PRESENT TO THE PERSON'S CASEWORKER EACH MONTH SUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION OF THE PERSON'S ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME; TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-13-115 AND 43-17-5, 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

January 5 to January 31, 2017, 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 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 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 5 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 5Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 5Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives