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2023 Regular Session

House Bill 15

Regional food banks; DHS establish grant program to provide annual grant funding to.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ESTABLISH A GRANT PROGRAM FOR REGIONAL FOOD BANKS TO PROVIDE ANNUAL GRANT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO THE FOOD BANKS FOR THE PURCHASE, TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD IN MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH GRANTS SHALL BE MADE FROM FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR THAT PURPOSE; TO PRESCRIBE STANDARDS FOR FOOD PURCHASES MADE THROUGH THE USE OF PROGRAM FUNDS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL ALLOCATE MONEY TO REGIONAL FOOD BANKS SERVING MISSISSIPPIANS BASED ON POPULATION, FOOD INSECURITY RATES AND COUNTY SERVICE AREAS; TO PROVIDE A LIMIT ON THE PERCENTAGE OF GRANT FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PROGRAM THAT MAY BE USED BY ANY REGIONAL FOOD BANK FOR THE PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND INCIDENTAL COSTS; TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FOOD FUNDED BY THE PROGRAM BASED ON FEDERAL GUIDELINES SHALL NOT BE CHARGED FOR FOOD OR ENCOURAGED TO CONTRIBUTE MONEY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FOOD UNDER THE PROGRAM; 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

2 co-sponsors

Kevin Felsher, Jeffrey Hulum III

Its course

January 3 to January 31, 2023, 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 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 3 to Jan 31 · 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 3 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 3Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 3Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives