MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2022 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Welfare
By: Senator(s) Fillingane, Jordan
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-12-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO USE A COMBINATION OF REPORTING SYSTEMS TO LOWER THE AGENCY'S ERROR RATE AND CIRCUMVENT FEDERAL FINES; 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) * * *. The
combination, including the extent to which each reporting system is established
and used, shall be set by the Mississippi Department of Human Services.
The department shall provide a written report no later than September 1st 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 * * * 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 Mississippi Department of Human Services'
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.