Mississippi House Bill 1174 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide That Each Person Who Is Eighteen Years Of Age Or Older, Who Is Receiving Public Assistance Benefits And Who Is Not Employed Shall Be Required, As A Condition Of Receiving The Public Assistance Benefits, To Present To The Person's Caseworker Each Quarter Documentation Of The Person's Attempts To Obtain Employment During The Preceding Quarter; To Provide That The State Agency That Administers The Program From Which The Person Receives Public Assistance Benefits Shall Use The Database From The Win Job Centers Of The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security To Verify The Person's Searches And Applications For Employment; To Provide That Any Person Subject To This Act Who Does Not Present To The Person's Caseworker Each Month Sufficient Documentation Of The Person's Attempts To Obtain Employment Shall Be Ineligible To Receive The Public Assistance Benefits For A Certain Period Of Time; To Amend Sections 43-13-115 And 43-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

Public assistance; require recipients of to present proof each quarter of their attempts to obtain employment.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB1174.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1174IN.htm