Mississippi House Bill 227

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 3 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Direct The Department Of Human Services, The State Department Of Health And The Division Of Medicaid To Prepare A Video Providing Information About Proper Nutrition, Healthy Eating Habits, Preventing And Reducing Obesity And The Importance Of Breast-feeding Infants; To Require That The Video Be Offered For Presentation To Applicants For And Recipients Of Certain Benefits In The Offices Of The Agency And On The Agency's Website; To Describe The Topics That Must Be Covered In The Video; To Require An Annual Review Of The Video; To Amend Section 41-135-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That The Department Of Health Is Not Required To Offer A Separate Video On The Importance Of Breastfeeding Infants For Presentation To Individuals Who Are Offered The Video Described In The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

Health and human services agencies; require to prepare video with nutrition and healthy eating information for benefit recipients.

Rep. Omeria Scott [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2026-01-07	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41	135	9	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB0227.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0227IN.htm