Mississippi Senate Bill 2501 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 43-15-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Child Protection Services To Place A Child In The Least Restrictive Placement Available; To Mandate The Placement Preference For A Child; To Require The Department Of Child Protection Services, Upon Taking A Child Into Custody, To Conduct A Search For Adult Relatives Of The Child And Persons With A Significant Relationship To The Child; To Require The Department Of Child Protection Services To Provide All Relatives And Persons With A Significant Relationship To The Child Identified In The Search With Notice That The Child Has Been Or Is Being Placed In The Custody Of The Department; And For Related Purposes.

Child Protection Services; mandate placement preference for children and require relative search.

Sen. Joey Fillingane [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2020-02-14	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SB/SB2501.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2501IN.htm