MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2021 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Welfare
By: Senator(s) Fillingane
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-12-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PERMIT THE USE OF A SIMPLIFIED REPORTING SYSTEM BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES UNDER 7 CFR SECTION 273.12(a)(5); AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 43-12-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
43-12-33. The Department of
Human Services * * * may establish or use a simplified reporting system under
7 CFR Section 273.12(a)(5). The department shall provide a written report to
the Chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the House
Public Health and Human Services Committee and the Senate Public Health and
Welfare Committee, and the House and Senate Medicaid Committees, on the costs
and state and federal savings of * * * using a simplified reporting system in lieu
of a change reporting system. The report also shall be provided to the
other members of the Legislature upon request.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.