Mississippi House Bill 1078 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Direct The Mississippi Department Of Human Services To Seek Federal Waivers Necessary To Allow The Department To Encourage A Healthy Diet For Recipients Of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (snap) Benefits By Limiting The Purchase Of Foods And Beverages That Are Low In Nutrients And Foods That Contribute To Diseases Such As Heart Disease And Diabetes; To Direct The Department To Seek Federal Waivers Necessary To Allow The Department To Establish A Pilot Program To Provide Incentives To Persons Who Are Recipients Of Benefits Or Services From The Department To Earn Their High School Equivalency Credential By Taking And Passing Ged Tests; To Direct The Department To Prepare A Video In An Appropriate Medium For Presentation In The Main Or Local Offices In Which Tanf And Snap Benefits Are Provided By The Department That Provides Information About Proper Nutrition, Healthy Eating Habits, And Preventing And Reducing Obesity; To Provide That Applicants For And Recipients Of Tanf And Snap Benefits May View The Video In The Main Or Local Office Of The Department; And For Related Purposes.

DHS; seek federal waivers to limit SNAP benefit purchases of low nutrition food and beverages.

Rep. Brad Mayo [R]

Rep. Toby Barker [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2014-01-20	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB1078.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1078IN.htm