Mississippi Code — 43
Browse 925 sections in division 43 of the Mississippi code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 43-1-1. Department of Human Services to be State Department of Public Welfare [Repealed effective July 1, 2023].
- § 43-1-2. Mississippi Department of Human Services; Executive Director of Human Services; Joint Oversight Committee; powers of executive director; structure of department [Repealed effective July 1, 2023].
- § 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or division of department prohibited; contracts for improvement of performance or efficiency of services authorized [Repealed effective July 1, 2023].
- § 43-1-4. Powers and duties of department.
- § 43-1-5. Duties of department [Repealed effective July 1, 2023].
- § 43-1-6. Repealed.
- § 43-1-7. Family resource centers; information campaign for low income individuals; telephone hotline for reporting welfare fraud.
- § 43-1-8. Repealed.
- § 43-1-9. County department of public welfare.
- § 43-1-10. Repealed.
- § 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.
- § 43-1-30. Mississippi TANF Implementation Council [Repealed effective July 1, 2023].
- § 43-1-31. Purpose of law; contracts with, and payment by, federal authority.
- § 43-1-33. Definitions.
- § 43-1-35. Amount of payments.
- § 43-1-37. When person becomes ineligible to receive payments.
- § 43-1-51. Creation of division; areas of responsibility.
- § 43-1-53. Organization of division; qualifications of director.
- § 43-1-55. Standards for employment and service delivery; Training and Testing Advisory Council created; duties; membership; meetings; chairperson; quorum [Repealed effective July 1, 2019].
- § 43-1-57. Recordkeeping procedures; uniform intake procedure.
- § 43-1-59. Allocation of departmental resources.
- § 43-1-61. Repealed.
- § 43-1-63. Interdepartmental sharing of resources and services for preventing and detecting child abuse and neglect.
- § 43-1-65. Mississippi Child Care Quality Step System established by requiring Department of Human Services Office for Children and Youth to develop and implement pilot voluntary quality rating system (QRS).
- § 43-1-67. Office of Children and Youth to conduct needs assessment to determine need for program to provide incentives to certain teachers/directors who make educational advancements listed in QRS criteria.
- § 43-1-101. Mississippi Interagency Council on Homelessness created; duties and purposes; membership.
- § 43-3-1. Short title.
- § 43-3-3. Declaration of public policy.
- § 43-3-5. Establishment, maintenance, and control of facility.
- § 43-3-7. Rules and regulations.
- § 43-3-9. Medical school and hospital personnel to cooperate in carrying out intent of law.
- § 43-3-11. Acquisition of public funds for constructing and equipping center; acceptance of gifts and grants.
- § 43-3-13. Department of Finance and Administration authorized to build facility; funds appropriated or granted to be deposited in State Treasury.
- § 43-3-15. Construction of law.
- § 43-3-51. Statewide system of aid.
- § 43-3-53. Definitions.
- § 43-3-55. Eligibility for assistance to the needy blind.
- § 43-3-57. Amount of assistance.
- § 43-3-59. Duties of State Department of Public Welfare.
- § 43-3-61. Duties of county departments.
- § 43-3-63. Application for assistance.
- § 43-3-65. Investigation of applications.
- § 43-3-67. Examination by ophthalmologist or optometrist.
- § 43-3-69. Granting of assistance.
- § 43-3-71. Assistance not assignable.
- § 43-3-73. Appeal to the State Department of Public Welfare.
- § 43-3-75. Periodic reconsideration and changes in amount of assistance.
- § 43-3-77. Reexamination as to eyesight.
- § 43-3-79. Recovery from a recipient.
- § 43-3-81. Fraudulent acts.
- § 43-3-83. Receipt and disposition of federal and other funds and manner of disbursing same.
- § 43-3-89. Detailed report to the Legislature.
- § 43-3-91. Donations may be received and expended.
- § 43-3-93. Operation by blind persons of vending stands in public buildings.
- § 43-3-101. Mississippi Industries for the Blind; general powers.
- § 43-3-103. Board of Directors of MIB; duties of board.
- § 43-3-105. Duties of executive director.
- § 43-3-107. Purpose.
- § 43-3-109. Current operating funds.
- § 43-3-111. Funds generated by sale of goods.
- § 43-5-1. State Board of Education to be Board of Trustees of Mississippi School for the Deaf and Mississippi School for the Blind; no consolidation of schools required.
- § 43-5-2. Repealed.
- § 43-5-3. Repealed.
- § 43-5-4. Repealed.
- § 43-5-5. Powers and duties of Board.
- § 43-5-7. Powers and duties of State Superintendent of Schools.
- § 43-5-8. Superintendents of Schools for Blind and Deaf; appointment; powers and duties; budget responsibilities.
- § 43-5-9. Repealed.
- § 43-5-11. Annual report of Board.
- § 43-5-13. Braille and lip-reading to be taught.
- § 43-5-15. Pupils; classification; course of training.
- § 43-5-17. Diplomas and certificates of proficiency.
- § 43-5-19. Repealed.
- § 43-5-21. Repealed.
- § 43-5-31. Annual conference of representatives of state and other agencies.
- § 43-5-33. Appointment of director of conference.
- § 43-5-35. Notice of conference.
- § 43-5-37. Duties of conference director.
- § 43-5-39. Report of activities and findings of conference.
- § 43-6-1. Definitions.
- § 43-6-3. Right to use public facilities.
- § 43-6-5. Right of access to public conveyances and accommodations.
- § 43-6-7. Right to be accompanied by guide dog or hearing ear dog.
- § 43-6-9. Blind and deaf pedestrians.
- § 43-6-11. Penalties.
- § 43-6-13. White Cane Safety Days.
- § 43-6-15. Employment in government service.
- § 43-6-101. Applicability of standards.
- § 43-6-103. Primary entrances.
- § 43-6-105. Public parking.
- § 43-6-107. Ramps.
- § 43-6-109. Steps and stairs.
- § 43-6-111. Floors.
- § 43-6-113. Toilet facilities.
- § 43-6-115. Water supply.
- § 43-6-117. Elevators.
- § 43-6-119. Switches and controls.
- § 43-6-121. Removal of hazards.
- § 43-6-123. Enforcement of article.
- § 43-6-125. Public buildings designed or equipped to accommodate persons with disabilities to be marked by signs.
- § 43-6-151. Short title.
- § 43-6-153. Definitions.
- § 43-6-155. Support animals’ access to public places; limitations.
- § 43-6-171. Legislative drafting offices and state agencies to use certain respectful references to persons with disabilities in the preparation of legislation and rules.
- § 43-6-201. Legislative findings and purpose.
- § 43-6-203. Definitions.
- § 43-6-205. Competitive employment opportunities in fully integrated work settings to be considered first and priority option when planning or providing services and supports to persons with disabilities.
- § 43-6-207. Implementation of policy by state agencies.
- § 43-6-209. Oversight of implementation of policy by Disability Resource Commission.
- § 43-6-211. Article not to prohibit appropriate use of certain other employment options, or require expenditure of funds or grant enforceable right or cause of action.
- § 43-7-1. Department of Human Services to be Council on Aging.
- § 43-7-7. Duties of Department of Human Services.
- § 43-7-51. Short title.
- § 43-7-53. Office of State Long-term Care Facilities Ombudsman.
- § 43-7-55. Definitions.
- § 43-7-57. Duties of office.
- § 43-7-59. Certification of community Long-term Care Facilities Ombudsman programs.
- § 43-7-61. Community Long-term Care Facilities Ombudsmen training and certification program; community advisory committee; ombudsman identification card.
- § 43-7-63. Duties of community ombudsman.
- § 43-7-65. Investigations by ombudsman; referral of complaints to appropriate agencies.
- § 43-7-67. Access to long-term care facilities by ombudsman.
- § 43-7-69. Confidentiality of records; policies and procedures.
- § 43-7-71. Investigation participants immune from liability; protected participants and practices.
- § 43-7-73. Immunity from liability for ombudsman’s acts causing injury.
- § 43-7-75. Authority to establish additional committees.
- § 43-7-77. Additional powers and duties of ombudsmen; agencies to cooperate.
- § 43-7-78. Repealed.
- § 43-7-79. Recommendations, rules and regulations by State Ombudsman.
- § 43-9-1. Statewide system of old age assistance.
- § 43-9-3. Short title.
- § 43-9-5. Definitions.
- § 43-9-7. Eligibility for assistance to the needy aged.
- § 43-9-9. Amount of assistance.
- § 43-9-11. Application for assistance to the needy aged.
- § 43-9-13. Investigation of applications.
- § 43-9-15. Granting of assistance.
- § 43-9-17. Payment for benefit of recipient.
- § 43-9-19. Assistance not assignable.
- § 43-9-21. Appeal to the State Department of Public Welfare.
- § 43-9-23. Periodic reconsideration and changes in amount of assistance.
- § 43-9-25. No fees to be paid.
- § 43-9-27. Fraudulent acts.
- § 43-9-29. Recovery from recipient’s estate for false representation.
- § 43-9-31. Limitations of chapter.
- § 43-9-33. Receipt and disposition of federal and other funds.
- § 43-9-35. Disbursement of funds; how made.
- § 43-9-37. Limitation of assistance and administrative cost.
- § 43-9-39. Litigation.
- § 43-9-41. Construction of law.
- § 43-9-43. Reservation of right to amend or repeal old age security law.
- § 43-9-45. Termination of federal assistance program as ipso facto repeal.
- § 43-9-47. Authority of municipality or county to match federal funds.
- § 43-11-1. Definitions.
- § 43-11-3. Purpose.
- § 43-11-5. License.
- § 43-11-7. Application for license for institution for aged or infirm or personal care home; license fees [Repealed effective July 1, 2020].
- § 43-11-8. Application for license for adult foster care facility; license fees; license renewal [Repealed effective July 1, 2020].
- § 43-11-9. Issuance and renewal of license for institution for aged or infirm or personal care home; user fee [Repealed effective July 1, 2020].
- § 43-11-11. Denial or revocation of license; hearings and review.
- § 43-11-13. Rules, regulations and standards; compliance and inspection with respect to fire prevention measures; scheduled drugs in personal care homes; resident may consent in writing to continue residing in personal care home regardless of determination by licensing agency that skilled nursing services appropriate; regulations regarding patient’s personal deposit accounts and use of patient food and medicine records; criminal record checks for new employees at institutions or facilities; affidavit concerning criminal offenses required of current employees; penalty for perjury; civil immunity for health care facilities regarding employment decisions; rules, regulations and standards regarding operation of adult foster care facilities [Repealed effective July 1, 2020].
- § 43-11-15. Effective date of regulations.
- § 43-11-16. Medical records not public documents but property of institutions for aged and infirm.
- § 43-11-17. Inspections.
- § 43-11-19. Information confidential.
- § 43-11-21. Annual report of licensing agency.
- § 43-11-23. Judicial review.
- § 43-11-25. Penalties.
- § 43-11-27. Injunction.
- § 43-11-41. Freedom of choice of pharmacy providers for patients in long-term care facilities.
- § 43-12-1. Short title.
- § 43-12-3. Integration of eligibility systems.
- § 43-12-5. Real-time eligibility verification service.
- § 43-12-7. Enhanced eligibility verification process.
- § 43-12-9. Enhanced identity authentication process.
- § 43-12-11. Discrepancies and case review.
- § 43-12-13. Referrals for fraud, misrepresentation, or inadequate documentation.
- § 43-12-15. Reporting.
- § 43-12-17. Transparency in Medicaid.
- § 43-12-19. Work requirements.
- § 43-12-21. Federal asset limits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
- § 43-12-23. Broad-based categorical eligibility.
- § 43-12-25. Sharing enrollee information across agencies.
- § 43-12-27. Maximum family grant.
- § 43-12-29. Verify identities and household composition, and all expenses of welfare applicants.
- § 43-12-31. Full cooperation with fraud investigations.
- § 43-12-33. Gaps in eligibility reporting.
- § 43-12-35. Noncompliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program rules.
- § 43-12-37. Noncompliance with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program rules.
- § 43-12-39. Out-of-state spending.
- § 43-12-41. Public reporting.
- § 43-12-43. Pilot program for photos on EBT cards.
- § 43-12-45. Limits on spending locations.
- § 43-12-47. Excessive EBT card loss.
- § 43-12-71. Eligibility for TANF or SNAP benefits following certain criminal convictions
- § 43-13-1. Citation of article.
- § 43-13-3. Definitions.
- § 43-13-5. Medical assistance for the aged.
- § 43-13-7. Obligations upon the administering agency.
- § 43-13-9. Medical advisory committee.
- § 43-13-11. Program administration and vendor payments.
- § 43-13-13. Penalties.
- § 43-13-101. Title of article.
- § 43-13-103. Purpose.
- § 43-13-105. Definitions.
- § 43-13-107. Division of Medicaid created; director and other personnel; Medical Care Advisory Committee; Drug Use Review Board; Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
- § 43-13-109. Rules and regulations for procurement of employees.
- § 43-13-111. Budgets of state health agencies.
- § 43-13-113. Receipt and disbursement of funds; contingency plan; contracting for donated dental services program.
- § 43-13-115. Persons entitled to receive Medicaid.
- § 43-13-115. 1.
- § 43-13-116. Authority to determine Medicaid eligibility; agreements with state and federal agencies; administrative hearings; authority to hire employees.
- § 43-13-116. 1.
- § 43-13-117. Types of care and services for which financial assistance furnished [Repealed effective July 1, 2021].
- § 43-13-117. 1.
- § 43-13-117. 2.
- § 43-13-117. 3.
- § 43-13-117. 4.
- § 43-13-117. 5.
- § 43-13-118. Records of provider participating in Medicaid program.
- § 43-13-119. Repealed.
- § 43-13-120. Division of Medicaid deemed beneficiary of certain recipients who die intestate and without heirs.
- § 43-13-121. Authority to administer article.
- § 43-13-122. Division authorized to apply for federal, private and public waivers, grants and contributions; implementation of integrated case-mix payment and quality monitoring system.
- § 43-13-123. Methods of providing for payment of claims.
- § 43-13-125. Recovery of Medicaid payments from third parties; compromise or settlement of claims; plaintiff’s recovery of medical expenses as special damages; disposition of funds received.
- § 43-13-126. Health insurers required to provide certain information to Division of Medicaid, accept Division’s right of recovery and not deny claims submitted by Division on the basis of certain errors as condition of doing business in Mississippi.
- § 43-13-127. Reports and recommendations required of Division of Medicaid.
- § 43-13-129. Misrepresentation by applicant for benefits or by provider of services; penalty.
- § 43-13-131. Influencing recipient to elect particular provider or type of services for purpose of obtaining increase in benefits or payments; penalties.
- § 43-13-133. Intent as to use of federal matching funds.
- § 43-13-135. Repealed.
- § 43-13-137. Division to comply with Administrative Procedure Law.
- § 43-13-139. Governor authorized to discontinue or limit medical assistance to optional groups; division to cease state funding upon discontinuance of federal funding.
- § 43-13-141. Repealed.
- § 43-13-143. Medical Care Fund.
- § 43-13-145. Assessment levied upon health care facilities; keeping of records; collection of assessments; effect of delinquency in payment [Subsections (4) and (10) through (15) repealed effective July 1, 2024].
- § 43-13-147. Mississippi Medicaid Program and Children’s Health Insurance Program to examine and improve hospital discharge and follow-up care procedures for certain premature infants and implement programs to improve newborn outcomes; reporting of data regarding rehospitalization of certain premature infants.
- § 43-13-149. Repealed.
- § 43-13-201. Short title.
- § 43-13-203. Definitions.
- § 43-13-205. False representations or statements in application for Medicaid benefits; concealment or nondisclosure of facts.
- § 43-13-207. Kickbacks and bribes.
- § 43-13-209. False statements or false representations as to conditions or operation of institution or facility.
- § 43-13-211. Conspiracy.
- § 43-13-213. False or fraudulent claim.
- § 43-13-215. Penalties.
- § 43-13-217. Evidentiary matters concerning false statements or representations.
- § 43-13-219. Medicaid fraud control unit.
- § 43-13-221. Attorney General; investigation and prosecution; investigator status as law enforcement officer.
- § 43-13-223. Jurisdiction; service of process.
- § 43-13-225. Civil liability and penalty of health care provider.
- § 43-13-227. Injunction; appointment of receiver for residential health care facility.
- § 43-13-229. Inspection and audit of health care provider records; cessation of reimbursement for failure to disclose.
- § 43-13-231. Power of local authorities.
- § 43-13-233. Existing law not affected.
- § 43-13-301. Identification of cases involving third-party liability.
- § 43-13-303. Inclusion of medical support in child support enforcement orders; procedures for health insurance enrollment in child support cases; duties of health insurers and employers; withholding of reimbursement amounts from parent’s state tax refund.
- § 43-13-305. Assignment of rights against third parties; appointment of Division as attorney-in-fact; direction of payments to Division.
- § 43-13-307. Loss of eligibility upon refusal to cooperate with Division or local agency.
- § 43-13-309. State and federal funding.
- § 43-13-311. Requirement of cooperation by providers.
- § 43-13-313. Denotation on medical information furnished by provider; provider to direct copy of medical information and authorization to Division of Medicaid; effect of failure to comply.
- § 43-13-315. Liability for failure or refusal to honor subrogation rights of Division.
- § 43-13-317. Recovery of Medicaid payments from estate of deceased recipient; waiver of claim.
- § 43-13-401. Declaration of legislative intent.
- § 43-13-403. Definitions.
- § 43-13-405. Repealed.
- § 43-13-407. Establishment of Health Care Expendable Fund; annual transfers from Health Care Trust Fund; expenditures to be exclusively for health care purposes; authorization to borrow funds to offset temporary cash flow deficiencies in Expendable Fund [Subsections (1), (2), (3), (5), (6) and (7) repealed effective July 1, 2022].
- § 43-13-409. Board of Directors for Health Care Trust Fund and Health Care Expendable Fund; establishment; membership; powers.
- § 43-13-501. Definitions.
- § 43-13-503. Establishment of plan for drug repository program; eligible drugs.
- § 43-13-505. Criteria for donating, accepting, and dispensing drugs under the program.
- § 43-13-507. Health care professional defined; immunity for participants in program.
- § 43-13-509. Implementation of program.
- § 43-13-601. Legislative findings.
- § 43-13-603. Definitions.
- § 43-13-605. Mississippi Long-term Care Partnership Program created.
- § 43-13-607. Continuity of asset protection.
- § 43-14-1. Mississippi Statewide System of Care for children and youth; purpose; included services; Interagency Coordinating Council for Children and Youth (ICCCY) established; membership; Interagency System of Care Council (ISCC); purpose and composition; Multidisciplinary Assessment, Planning and Resource (MAP) teams; funds contributed by participating state agencies.
- § 43-14-3. Powers and responsibilities of Council.
- § 43-14-5. Operating fund.
- § 43-15-1. Title of article.
- § 43-15-3. Powers and duties of Department of Human Services; appeal to Director of Division of Family and Children’s Services for denial of foster care and/or adoption assistance.
- § 43-15-5. Administration of child welfare services.
- § 43-15-6. Criminal background checks and child abuse registry checks for providers of children’s services in residential setting; authority to exclude certain crimes as disqualifying from providing child care; penalties; administrative immunity.
- § 43-15-7. County department authorized to provide protective services; appropriation of funds.
- § 43-15-9. Article inapplicable to orphans’ homes, etc.
- § 43-15-11. Expenditure of county and municipal moneys for support and maintenance of homeless and destitute children.