Bill Text: MS HB443 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi House Bill 443 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Mississippi Special Needs Housing Steering Council; create.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [HB443 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2016-HB443-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2016 Regular Session

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

By: Representative Clark

House Bill 443

AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING STEERING COUNCIL; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COUNCIL SHALL ASSIST THE MISSISSIPPI HOME CORPORATION IN THE CREATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF A SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. (1) There is created the Mississippi Special Needs Housing Steering Council, hereinafter referred to in this section as "the council." The council shall be made up of the following members, or their designees:

(a) A representative from the Office of the Governor;

(b) The Executive Director of the Department of Mental Health;

(d) A representative from the Office of the Attorney General;

(e) The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections;

(f) The State Health Officer;

(g) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority;

(h) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Home Corporation;

(i) The Executive Director of the Department of Human Services;

(j) A representative from the Mississippi Association of Housing and Development Officials;

(k) A representative from the Mississippi Association of Community Mental Health Centers;

(1) A representative from Disability Rights Mississippi;

(m) A representative from the Mississippi Association of Affordable Housing Providers; and

(n) An individual residing in housing provided by the Special Needs Housing Program, who shall be selected jointly by the Mississippi State Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the Mississippi Association of Community Mental Health Centers after the program is fully operational.

(2) The council shall be provided administrative support by the Mississippi Home Corporation.

(3) The council shall be tasked with cooperating and assisting the Mississippi Home Corporation in the creation and administration of a Special Needs Housing Program. The Special Needs Housing Program shall provide for bridge funding and stable supported community-integrated housing for individuals with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and other populations with special needs as may be defined by the council. Other populations identified by the council may include, but are not limited to, persons re-entering society following an incarceration, persons with HIV/AIDS, homeless persons and families, and other similarly identified individuals and families with special needs as defined by the council.

(4) Funds necessary for the support of the council and the Special Needs Housing Program shall be provided for by the Mississippi Affordable Housing Development Fund as authorized under Section 43-33-759, or by a dedicated sustainable funding source, or both.

SECTION 2. Section 1 of this act shall be codified as a new section in Chapter 33, Title 43, Mississippi Code of 1972.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.