Mississippi House Bill 1071 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 27 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-02-27 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 43-21-609, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Child Protection Services In Neglect Cases To Notify The Court In The County Where The Child Resides Or The Court That Issued The Initial Order For Removal Of The Child For Temporary Placement After The Department Has Failed Three Times To Remove The Child; To Amend Section 43-21-353, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Certain Public Employees Who Have Reasonable Cause To Suspect That A Child Is A Neglected Child Or An Abused Child And Who Do Not Make The Required Report Shall Be Subject To Termination From Their Employment With The Employing Agency Or Local Government; And For Related Purposes.

Child neglect cases; require CPS to notify the court after three failed attempts to remove child for temporary placement.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

2018-02-01 - House - House Passed (Y: 114 N: 1 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-27	Senate	Died In Committee
2018-02-12	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A
2018-02-02	House	Transmitted To Senate
2018-02-01	House	Passed
2018-01-29	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2018-01-15	House	Referred To Youth and Family Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB1071.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1071IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1071PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/votes/house/0310060.pdf