Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2257
Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services; authorize privatization of social worker services.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-26-1, 43-1-55 AND 43-15-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES TO PRIVATIZE OR OTHERWISE CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS OR A PRIVATE ENTITY TO PROVIDE LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER SERVICES NECESSARY FOR THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT; TO REQUIRE LEGAL SEARCH AND SEIZURE TRAINING FOR SOCIAL WORKERS PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE DEPARTMENT; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 15 to February 5, 2019, 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 15 to Feb 5 · stopped21 days
AppropriationsJan 15 to Feb 5 · stopped21 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 15 – Feb 5
- Jan 15Referred to the Senate committee on Appropriations
- Feb 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 15Referred To AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 5Died In CommitteeSenate