Bill Text: MS HB1191 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi House Bill 1191 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Child Care Payment Program; require minimum annual spending levels on from TANF Block Grant.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [HB1191 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2017-HB1191-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Public Health and Human Services; Revenue and Expenditure General Bills

By: Representatives Dortch, Bell (65th)

House Bill 1191

AN ACT TO REQUIRE MINIMUM ANNUAL SPENDING LEVELS ON THE CHILD CARE PAYMENT PROGRAM (CCPP) FROM THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) BLOCK GRANT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. (1) This section shall be known and cited as the "Mississippi Affordable Child Care Act."

(2) Each federal fiscal year, the Mississippi Department of Human Services ("department") and/or any state agency receiving and administering the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant shall spend no less than Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) of federal TANF funds and/or state TANF Maintenance of Effort (MOE) funds on the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP) for the purposes of serving eligible families. In addition to that amount spent directly on the CCPP, the department and/or any state agency receiving and administering the federal TANF Block Grant shall transfer no less than twenty percent (20%) of the state's fixed basic block grant amount for its annual TANF Block Grant to the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) for purposes of serving eligible families through the CCPP.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.