l9n/ Mississippi

2023 Regular Session

House Bill 989

Child Protection Services; remove from DHS and make it a separate agency.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on February 28, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2023, THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES SHALL BE A STATE AGENCY SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND NOT A SUBAGENCY HOUSED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AND SHALL HAVE SUCH POWERS AND DUTIES AND PERFORM SUCH FUNCTIONS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES BY STATE LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 43-26-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, AND TO CREATE NEW SECTIONS 43-26-5, 43-26-7, 43-26-9, 43-26-11, 43-26-13, 43-26-15, 43-26-17, 43-26-19, 43-26-21 AND 43-26-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PRESCRIBE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES AND THE COMMISSIONER OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 43-26-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR A REPEALER ON THE STATUTES PRESCRIBING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMISSIONER; TO AMEND SECTIONS 11-46-1, 11-46-8, 25-1-109, 27-104-203, 37-31-107, 37-106-69, 37-115-43, 41-3-18, 41-67-12, 41-87-5, 41-101-1, 43-1-9, 43-1-101, 43-14-1, 43-14-5, 43-15-3, 43-15-5, 43-15-6, 43-15-7, 43-15-11, 43-15-15, 43-15-19, 43-15-21, 43-15-23, 43-15-103, 43-15-105, 43-15-107, 43-15-109, 43-15-113, 43-15-115, 43-15-117, 43-15-119, 43-15-121, 43-15-125, 43-15-201, 43-15-203, 43-15-207, 43-16-3, 43-16-7, 43-18-3, 43-18-5, 43-21-351, 43-21-354, 43-21-357, 43-21-405, 43-21-603, 43-21-609, 43-21-701, 43-21-801, 43-27-101, 43-27-103, 43-27-109, 43-27-113, 43-27-115, 43-27-117, 43-27-119, 43-43-5, 43-43-7, 43-51-3, 43-51-5, 43-51-7, 45-33-36, 57-13-23, 93-5-23, 93-17-3, 93-17-5, 93-17-8, 93-17-11, 93-17-12, 93-17-53, 93-17-57, 93-17-59, 93-17-61, 93-17-63, 93-17-65, 93-17-101, 93-17-103, 93-17-107, 93-17-109, 93-17-203, 93-17-209, 93-21-305, 93-21-307, 93-21-309, 93-21-311, 93-31-3, 97-5-24, 97-5-39 AND 99-41-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 43-1-51, 43-1-53, 43-1-57, 43-1-59, 43-1-63, 43-51-1 AND 43-51-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATED THE DIVISION OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, PROVIDES THE TITLE FOR THE FAMILY PRESERVATION ACT, AND REQUIRES AN ONGOING EVALUATION AND REPORT ON FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES; 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 16 to February 28, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Feb 116 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 16 to Jan 2610 days

In the SenateFeb 1 to Feb 28 · stopped27 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 15 to Feb 28 · stopped13 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 16 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 26Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 1Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 2 – Feb 28

  1. Feb 2Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 15Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  3. Feb 28Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 26Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 1Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 1PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 2Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 15Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  7. Feb 28Died In CommitteeSenate