Bill Text: MS SB3321 | 2026 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi Senate Bill 3321

Introduced

Bill Title: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to MDCPS for temporary hotel placement and contracted care provider.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2026-02-25 - Died In Committee [SB3321 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2026-SB3321-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2026 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Blackwell

Senate Bill 3321

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TEMPORARY HOTEL PLACEMENT AND CONTRACTED CARE PROVIDER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027.

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

SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services for the purpose of defraying costs associated with temporary hotel placement and contracted care provider for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027............... $ 10,000,000.00.

SECTION 2. The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his or her warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2026.