Mississippi Senate Bill 2706 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Healthy Food Retail Act; To Provide That, To The Extent Funds Are Available, The Department Of Human Services, In Cooperation With Public And Private Sector Partners, Shall Establish A Pilot Program That Provides Grants And Loans To Healthy Food Retailers That Increase Access To Fresh Fruits And Vegetables And Other Affordable Healthy Food In Underserved Communities; To Provide That The Department May Contract With One Or More Qualified Nonprofit Organizations Or Community Development Financial Institutions To Administer The Program Described In This Act Through A Public-private Partnership, To Raise Matching Funds, Market The Program Statewide, Evaluate Applicants, Make Award Decisions, Underwrite Loans, And Monitor Compliance And Impact; To Provide That The Program Shall Provide Funding On A Competitive, One-time Basis As Appropriate For The Eligible Project; To Provide The Types Of Programs And Projects For Which Funding May Be Provided; To Provide The Criteria That Must Be Met For Funding Under The Program; To Provide That The Department Shall Establish Program Benchmarks And Reporting Processes To Make Certain That The Program Benefits Both Rural And Urban Communities In Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.

Healthy Food Retail Act; create to encourage consumption of affordable healthy foods in underserved communities.

Sen. Bennie Turner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-20		Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/SB/SB2706.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2706IN.htm