MS HB244

Directs the Mississippi Department of Human Services, State Department of Health, and Division of Medicaid to prepare and display videos in their offices on proper nutrition, healthy eating habits, obesity prevention, and breastfeeding importance for TANF, SNAP, WIC, and Medicaid applicants and recipients.

Requires agencies to prepare additional videos covering prenatal health care, sexually transmitted diseases, abstinence education, birth control, marriage education, parenting skills, family preservation, and fatherhood for distribution to specific populations.

Mandates distribution of educational videos to TANF recipients ages 13-20 who are pregnant or have children, Medicaid family planning waiver participants, obstetrics/gynecology providers, county health departments, WIC centers, and family resource centers.

Makes videos available to the general public upon request.

Takes effect July 1, 2016.