Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
House Bill 1558
Department of Child Protection Services; require search for relatives of child taken into custody and establish placement preferences.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 43-15-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF TAKING A CHILD INTO CUSTODY, TO CONDUCT A DILIGENT SEARCH FOR ADULT RELATIVES AND OTHER PERSONS HAVING A SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHILD; TO REQUIRE NOTICE TO BE GIVEN TO RELATIVES IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE SEARCH OF THE CHILD'S REMOVAL FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY AND THEIR OPTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CHILD'S PLACEMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 43-15-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PLACE THE CHILD IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE PLACEMENT POSSIBLE WHICH IS IN THE CHILD'S BEST INTEREST; TO ESTABLISH AN ORDER OF PLACEMENT PREFERENCE FOR A CHILD TAKEN INTO CUSTODY; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 17 to March 3, 2020, 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 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 17 to Mar 3 · 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 17 – Mar 3
- Feb 17Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 17Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives