Mississippi House Bill 1208 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require Any Person Who Is Deemed To Have Made An Assignment Of Child Support To Provide To The State Department Of Human Services, Every Three (3) Months From The Effective Date Of This Act, An Itemized List Of All Expenditures Of Child Support Payments; To Require The State Department Of Human Services To Assess Such Lists To Determine Whether The Child Support Monies Were Spent Appropriately On The Child; To Require A Recipient Who Has Spent Certain Child Support Monies Inappropriately To Attend Parenting Classes; To Bring Forward Section 43-19-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides That Any Person Who Receives Public Assistance And Child Support Services Has Assigned Child Support Payments To The State Department Of Human Services, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Child support payments; require DHS recipients of to provide list of expenditures.

Rep. Omeria Scott [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1208.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1208IN.htm