MS HB967

Requires Department of Human Services to provide teenage TANF recipients (ages 13-20) with information and referrals to programs covering birth control, prenatal health care, abstinence education, marriage education, parenting skills, family preservation, and fatherhood.

Mandates teenage TANF recipients (ages 13-20) participate in educational activities emphasizing abstinence as 100% effective against unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, with age and developmentally appropriate instruction.

Requires identified fathers of children born to teenage TANF recipients to participate in the same educational and referral programs once paternity is legally determined.

Directs unspent TANF funds from prior fiscal years to first be used for nursing education course expenses and child care costs for nursing students in workforce training programs.

Applies same information, referral, and participation requirements to Medicaid recipients ages 13-20 with dependent children; all provisions expire July 1, 2013 (TANF section repealed July 1, 2014).