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U.S. State Codes
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Mississippi
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Title 43 - Public Welfare
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Chapter 1 - Department of H...
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In General
In General
§ 43-1-1. Department of Human Services to be State Department of Public Welfare
§ 43-1-2. Mississippi Department of Human Services; Executive Director of Human Services; Joint Oversight Committee; powers of executive director; structure of department
§ 43-1-3. Delegation, privatization, or contracting with private entity for operation of office, bureau or division of department prohibited; contracts for improvement of performance or efficiency of services authorized
§ 43-1-4. Powers and duties of department
§ 43-1-5. Duties of department
§ 43-1-7. Family resource centers; information campaign for low income individuals; telephone hotline for reporting welfare fraud
§ 43-1-9. County department of public welfare
§ 43-1-11. Expenses of county welfare office
§ 43-1-12. Expenditure of municipal or county funds to support public welfare programs
§ 43-1-13. Political activity
§ 43-1-15. Office of State Department
§ 43-1-17. Cooperation with the federal government
§ 43-1-19. Disclosure of records of disbursement and payment of public assistance governed by federal regulations; penalty for violation
§ 43-1-21. Disposal of abandoned applications, closed case files, and the like
§ 43-1-23. Fraud investigation unit; duties; staff; assistance from and to other agencies; issuance of subpoenas
§ 43-1-25. Assistant prosecutors for prosecution of fraud in connection with assistance programs; investigation and prosecution costs to be subsidized
§ 43-1-27. Action maintainable by department of public welfare to recover benefits wrongfully obtained; attorney’s fees; evidence
§ 43-1-28. Online electronic benefit transfer (EBT) system for food stamps; pilot project; federal approval and funding
§ 43-1-29. Offline electronic benefit transfer (EBT) system for food stamps; demonstration project; federal approval and funding
§ 43-1-29.1. Department of Human Services authorized to develop pilot program to track usage of Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits
§ 43-1-30. Mississippi TANF Implementation Council