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2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2807

TANF and Medicaid; require teenage recipients to participate in programs about birth control.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO PROVIDE TEENAGE TANF RECIPIENTS WITH INFORMATION AND REFERRAL TO PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL, PRENATAL HEALTH CARE, ABSTINENCE EDUCATION, MARRIAGE EDUCATION, PARENTING SKILLS, FAMILY PRESERVATION AND FATHERHOOD, AND REQUIRE THOSE TANF RECIPIENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES EMPHASIZING ABSTINENCE DESCRIBED IN THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT AFTER THE IDENTITY OF THE FATHER OF A CHILD OF ANY OF THOSE TANF RECIPIENTS HAS BEEN LEGALLY DETERMINED, THE FATHER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PROGRAMS; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY UNSPENT TANF FUNDS REMAINING FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR FIRST SHALL BE EXPENDED TO PAY FOR THE EDUCATION-RELATED EXPENSES OF PERSONS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN NURSING EDUCATION COURSES AS PART OF WORKFORCE TRAINING AND PAY FOR THE CHILD CARE EXPENSES OF THOSE PERSONS WHILE THEY ARE TAKING THE NURSING EDUCATION COURSES; TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO PROVIDE TEENAGE MEDICAID RECIPIENTS WITH INFORMATION AND REFERRAL TO PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL, PRENATAL HEALTH CARE, ABSTINENCE EDUCATION, MARRIAGE EDUCATION, PARENTING SKILLS, FAMILY PRESERVATION AND FATHERHOOD, AND REQUIRE THOSE MEDICAID RECIPIENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PROGRAMS; TO PROVIDE THAT AFTER THE IDENTITY OF THE FATHER OF A CHILD OF ANY OF THOSE MEDICAID RECIPIENTS HAS BEEN LEGALLY DETERMINED, THE FATHER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PROGRAMS; TO ESTABLISH THE CRITERIA REQUIRED FOR THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY EMPHASIZING ABSTINENCE TO TEENAGE TANF BENEFITS; TO REQUIRE THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY TO BE TAUGHT IN A MANNER THAT IS AGE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE; 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

Its course

January 16 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 SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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 16 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Appropriations
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Public Health and Welfare;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate