Bill Text: MS HB1287 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Communal feeding programs for elderly; DHS shall provide funding to counties for in a direct block grant upon request.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [HB1287 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2012-HB1287-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2012 Regular Session

To: Public Health and Human Services; Appropriations

By: Representative Barker

House Bill 1287

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR A COMMUNAL FEEDING PROGRAM FOR ELDERLY PERSONS IN A COUNTY IN A BLOCK GRANT MADE DIRECTLY FROM THE DEPARTMENT TO THE COUNTY, UPON A REQUEST TO DO SO FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  In any county in which there is a communal feeding program for elderly persons for which state or federal funding is available through the Department of Human Services, the department shall provide the funding for the program in a block grant made directly from the department to the county without going through any other entity, upon a request to do so from the board of supervisors of the county.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

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