Senate Bill 2075 Summary

• Updates Mississippi Code of 1972 to replace statutory references to the "Mississippi Department of Human Services" with the "Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services" throughout approximately 89 sections of law, reflecting an existing organizational restructuring.

• Modifies references in child welfare, adoption, foster care, youth court, and family services statutes to align naming conventions with the current departmental structure.

• Updates references in statutes related to child protection services, abuse and neglect investigations, foster parent licensing, adoption assistance programs, and children in state custody.

• Changes references across multiple code sections including those governing child placing agencies, residential child care facilities, youth court proceedings, and interstate child placement compacts.

• Effective upon passage, this is a technical/nomenclature bill with no substantive changes to existing laws, only updating department name references for consistency.