l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 385

Public benefits; require recipients of who are not employed to participate in a job skills training program.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Workforce Development 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 TO PARTICIPATE IN A JOB SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM CONDUCTED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AS A CONDITION OF RECEIVING THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS; TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, TO ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER A JOB SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING IN EMPLOYMENT-RELATED SKILLS THAT WILL HELP THE RECIPIENT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS IN APPLYING FOR, OBTAINING AND MAINTAINING GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON WHO DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE JOB SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM AS REQUIRED BY THIS ACT 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

Workforce DevelopmentJan 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 committees on Workforce Development and on Medicaid
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 5Referred To Workforce Development;MedicaidHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives