Mississippi § 43-1-63 - Interdepartmental sharing of resources and services for preventing and detecting child abuse and neglect.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 43-1-63 — Interdepartmental sharing of resources and services for preventing and detecting child abuse and neglect., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 43-1-63. Interdepartmental sharing of resources and services for preventing and detecting child abuse and neglect.
The Department of Human Services shall have the authority to use the services and resources of the State Department of Education and the State Department of Health and of all other appropriate state departments, agencies, institutions or political subdivisions as will aid in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. It shall be the duty of all such state departments, agencies and institutions to make available such services and resources to the department, including, but not necessarily limited to, such services and resources as may be required to perform appropriate criminal history record checks on prospective foster and relative child placements for the purpose of preventing and detecting abuse and neglect.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 43-1-63 ("Interdepartmental sharing of resources and services for preventing and detecting child abuse and neglect.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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