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MS HB314
Children's Resource Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children.
summary
Introduced
01/10/2025
01/10/2025
In Committee
01/10/2025
01/10/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
02/04/2025
02/04/2025
Introduced Session
2025 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An Act To Create The Children's Resource Commission; To Provide That The Commission Is Charged With Coordinating And Streamlining The State's Efforts To Provide Needed Services To Mississippi's Children; To Provide The Number Of Members On The Commission; To Require The Commission To Report To The Governor And Certain Committees Of The Legislature Not Later Than December 1 Of Each Year; To Require The Commission To Adopt Internal Organizational Procedures Necessary For The Efficient Operation Of The Commission; To Authorize The Commission To Establish Subcommittees For Conducting Specific Programs And Activities; To Require The Commission To Create Resource Maps Of All Funds Received For Programs And Services That Support Children In This State, To Assess The Effectiveness Of Those Programs And Services And To Determine The Feasibility Of Merging, Continuing Or Discontinuing Those Programs Or Services; To Require All Agencies, Departments, Institutions And Political Subdivisions Of The State That Provide Programs Or Services To Children In This State To Create An Itemized List Of Those Programs And Services, And To Cooperate With The Commission; To Provide That The Itemized Lists Of Programs And Services Shall Be Provided To The John C. Stennis Institute Of Government At Mississippi State University Not Later Than September 1 Of Each Year; To Provide That The Stennis Institute Shall Compile The Information In Those Lists Into One Document, And Provide The Compiled Information To The Commission And Certain Committees Of The Legislature Each Year; To Require The Commission To Provide The Information Received And Prepared By It To The Department Of Human Services; And For Related Purposes.
AI Summary
This bill creates the Children's Resource Commission, a 17-member panel tasked with coordinating and improving services for children in Mississippi. The commission will include representatives from various state agencies, educational institutions, and professional associations, focusing on issues such as child abuse prevention, foster care, and adoption. Key responsibilities include creating a comprehensive resource map of federal and state funding for child-related programs, assessing the effectiveness of existing services, and determining whether programs should be merged, continued, or discontinued. The commission will be required to file an annual report by December 1st to legislative committees, detailing funding sources, program inventories, performance measures, and potential service gaps. All state agencies providing child-related services must submit detailed itemized lists of their programs to the John C. Stennis Institute of Government by September 1st each year, which will then compile the information into a single document for the commission and legislative committees. Members will serve without compensation but can receive travel expense reimbursements. The commission will conduct public meetings at least quarterly, with the first meeting scheduled by August 1, 2025, and will begin operations on July 1, 2025, with the goal of streamlining and improving child services across the state.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Died In Committee (on 02/04/2025)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
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| State Bill Page | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB0314.xml |
| BillText | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0314IN.htm |
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