Mississippi Senate Bill 2340 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require The Mississippi Department Of Human Services To File With The Secretary Of The Senate And The Clerk Of The House Of Representatives A Copy Of Its Study To Determine If There Is A Significant Statistical Disparity In The Total Number Of Qualified Minority Contractors Or Subcontractors Of Goods And Services Doing Business With The Department Of Human Services In The State Of Mississippi And The Actual Number Of Such Minority Contractors Or Subcontractors With Whom The Department Of Human Services, Or With Whom A Prime Contractor With The Department Of Human Services, Has Contracted To Provide Goods And Services; To Authorize And Direct The Department Of Human Services To Establish Programs And Policies To Improve The Number Of Minority And Socially/economically Disadvantaged Vendors Doing Business With The Department; And For Related Purposes.

Minority subgrantees contracted by Department of Human Services; require study and policy.

Sen. Angela Turner-Ford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	Senate	Died In Committee
2021-01-15	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/SB/SB2340.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2340IN.htm