l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 49

Child support enforcement and collection; terminate contract with private entity for and DHS shall perform.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2021, THE STATE SHALL NOT PROVIDE ANY FUNDING FOR THE EXISTING CONTRACT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND ANY PRIVATE ENTITY FOR THE OPERATION OF CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OFFICES AND/OR PROGRAMS BY THE PRIVATE ENTITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT AFTER THE FUNDING FOR THE CONTRACT HAS ENDED, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL TERMINATE THE CONTRACT AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PERFORM ALL OF THE CHILD SUPPORT AND ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS THAT WERE PERFORMED BY THE PRIVATE ENTITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE CONTRACT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY MONETARY PENALTIES OR BE LIABLE FOR ANY MONETARY PAYMENTS TO THE PRIVATE ENTITY AS A RESULT OF THE TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT; TO AMEND SECTION 43-1-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM ENTERING INTO ANY CONTRACT ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT WITH A PRIVATE ENTITY FOR THE OPERATION OF CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OFFICES AND/OR PROGRAMS BY THE PRIVATE ENTITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT; TO EXTEND THE DATE OF THE REPEALER ON THIS SECTION; 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 February 2, 2021, 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 Feb 2 · stopped28 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 5 to Feb 2 · stopped28 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 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 5Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Judiciary A
  2. Feb 2Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 5Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives