MS HB652

Prohibits youth courts from establishing probable cause to remove a child from a home based solely on a parent's positive marijuana drug test, but allows probable cause based on evidence-based findings of harm to the child or parent's inability to provide care due to marijuana use.

Prohibits law enforcement and child protection services from taking a child into custody without a court order based solely on a parent's positive marijuana drug test, with the same exception for evidence-based harm findings.

Authorizes the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services to request federal name-based criminal history records checks of all adults in a home during emergency placements and requires fingerprint submission to the FBI within 14 calendar days.

Requires immediate removal of a child from an emergency placement home if any adult resident fails to provide fingerprints and written permission for a federal criminal history records check when requested.

Section 3 takes effect upon passage; remaining provisions take effect July 1, 2017.