Mississippi Senate Bill 2770 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act Entitled The "women's Economic Security Act Of 2018"; To Require Minimum Spending Levels On The Child Care Payment Program (ccpp) From The Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (tanf) Block Grant; To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Medicaid Eligibility To Include Those Individuals Who Are Entitled To Benefits Under The Federal Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Of 2010 (aca) Beginning July 1, 2018; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Essential Health Benefits For Individuals Eligible For Medicaid Under The Federal Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Of 2010 (aca); To Amend Section 37-153-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Expand The Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board To Include A Woman With Expertise In Assisting Women In Job Training And Securing Employment In Nontraditional Occupations; To Amend Section 7-1-355, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security To Achieve Gender Equity In The Workforce Investment Act Or Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act Workforce Development System; To Require Certain Information To Be Included In An Annual Report To The Legislature; To Require Equal Pay Certificates Of Compliance; To Create Women And High-wage, High-demand, Nontraditional Jobs Grant Program; To Establish The Mississippi Paid Family Leave Act; To Establish A Mississippi Higher Education Grant Program For Single Mothers To Provide Financial Aid To Complete Two- And Four-year Degrees At Public Colleges And Universities Administered By The Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Bill; And For Related Purposes.

Women's Economic Security Act of 2018; create.

Sen. Deborah Dawkins [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	Senate	Died In Committee
2018-01-15	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/SB/SB2770.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2770IN.htm