Mississippi House Bill 379 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

An Act To Create New Section 43-15-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The Department Of Human Services To Provide A Separate Link Or Portal On Its Website Providing Kinship Caregivers With Information And Access Necessary To Apply For Public Assistance Benefits; To Create New Section 43-13-117.5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Division Of Medicaid To Provide That Certain Dependents Of A Military Service Member Shall Maintain Eligibility And Priority For Certain Medical Assistance And Developmental Disability Services Under Certain Conditions; To Require The Division To Request A Waiver If Necessary To Implement That Provision; And For Related Purposes.

DHS; require to provide information to kinship caregivers regarding public assistance benefits.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-05	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0379.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0379IN.htm