MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2026 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services
By: Representative Creekmore IV
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-12-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ESTABLISH OR USE A COMBINATION OF REPORTING SYSTEMS UNDER FEDERAL REGULATIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH COMBINATION SHALL BE SET BY THE DEPARTMENT; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT BY SEPTEMBER 1 OF EACH YEAR TO CERTAIN LEGISLATORS ON THE RATIONALE, APPLICATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF USING A COMBINED REPORTING SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE EFFECT ON ENROLLMENT IN THE SNAP PROGRAM AND THE EFFECT ON THE DEPARTMENT'S ERROR RATE AS CALCULATED BY THE FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE; 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 * * * combination of reporting
systems under 7 CFR Section 273.12(a)(5). The combination, including
the extent to which each reporting system is established and used, shall be set
by the department. The department shall provide a written report by
September 1 of each year 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 * * * rationale, application and effectiveness of using a
combined reporting system, including the effect, if any, on enrollment
in the SNAP program and the effect on the department's "error rate"
as calculated by the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department
of Agriculture. 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.