MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services; Revenue and Expenditure General Bills
By: Representative Scott
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO PREPARE VIDEOS FOR PRESENTATION IN THE OFFICES IN WHICH TANF BENEFITS, SNAP BENEFITS, FOOD THROUGH THE WIC PROGRAM, MEDICAID ASSISTANCE AND CHIP BENEFITS ARE PROVIDED BY THOSE AGENCIES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE VIDEOS SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON PRENATAL HEALTH CARE, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, ABSTINENCE EDUCATION, PREVENTIVE BIRTH CONTROL, MARRIAGE EDUCATION, PARENTING SKILLS, FAMILY PRESERVATION AND FATHERHOOD AND OTHER RELATED SUBJECTS, FOR DISTRIBUTION TO CERTAIN PERSONS AND ENTITIES AND TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) As used in this section, the term "agency" means the Mississippi Department of Human Services for applicants for and recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits; the State Department of Health for applicants for and recipients of food through the Women, Infants and Children's Nutrition Program (WIC); and the Division of Medicaid for applicants for and recipients of Medicaid assistance and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) benefits.
(2) The agency shall prepare appropriate versions of videos as required by this subsection in an appropriate medium for presentation. The videos shall provide information on prenatal health care, sexually transmitted diseases, abstinence education, preventive birth control, marriage education, parenting skills, family preservation and fatherhood and other related subjects.
The agency shall distribute the videos to the following persons and entities:
(a) TANF recipients between the ages of thirteen (13) and twenty (20) years who are pregnant or have a child and the fathers of their children;
(b) Participants in the Medicaid family planning waiver and the fathers of their children;
(c) Physicians who are Medicaid providers and who practice obstetrics and gynecology;
(d) County health departments;
(e) WIC centers; and
(f) Family resource centers.
In addition, the agency shall make the videos available to the public upon request.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.