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MS HB531

Bill

Status

Failed

1/30/2018

Primary Sponsor

Alyce Clarke

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Origin

House of Representatives

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a 12-member Child Care Advisory Council within the Mississippi Department of Human Services Division of Early Childhood Care and Development to advise on Child Care and Development Block Grant state plans and implementation.

  • Council composition: 8 licensed child care providers participating in the Child Care Subsidy program, 3 parents receiving child care subsidies, and 1 parent or consumer not receiving subsidies; members must represent each Congressional District.

  • Council leadership consists of a chair, vice chair, secretary, assistant secretary, and treasurer elected for one-year terms; other members serve three-year terms and must meet at least four times per year.

  • Council duties include advising on Block Grant state plan development, federal funding applications and amendments, and recommending how to better allocate child care subsidy funds including Quality Rate and Improvement System and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families spending.

  • Council must submit annual reports to the Governor and Legislature by October 15 each year describing activities, policy recommendations, and necessary implementing legislation; reports are public and posted on the Department of Human Services website.

Legislative Description

Child Care Advisory Council; create.

Last Action

Died In Committee

1/30/2018

Committee Referrals

Public Health and Human Services1/8/2018

Full Bill Text

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