MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2024 Regular Session

To: Public Health and Welfare

By: Senator(s) Hill

Senate Bill 2878

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-12-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FROM SEEKING, APPLYING FOR OR REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO TEMPORARILY WAIVE THE ABLE-BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS (ABAWD) TIME LIMIT REQUIREMENT FOR ABAWDS TO RECEIVE SNAP BENEFITS FOR LONGER THAN THE ALLOWABLE TIME LIMIT IN ALL CASES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 43-12-19, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     43-12-19.  Work requirements.  The Department of Human Services shall not seek, apply for, accept or renew any waiver of requirements established under 7 USC Section 2015(o) * * *, except during a formal state or federal declaration of a natural disaster.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.

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