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MS Code § 43-39-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance|§ 43-39-9. Additional payments; elements thereof; eligibility therefor

  In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this chapter, such displacing agency shall make an additional payment not in excess of the maximum amount of relocation payments established by applicable federal regulations to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by the displaced person for not less than ninety (90) days before the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the property. The additional payment shall include the following elements:   The amount, if any, which when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired, equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling which is a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling adequate to accommodate such displaced person, reasonably accessible to public services and places of employment, and available on the private market. All determinations required to carry out this paragraph shall be determined by regulations issued pursuant to Section 43-39-17;   The amount, if any, which will compensate the displaced person for any increased interest costs and other debt service costs which the person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of any such comparable replacement dwelling. The amount shall be paid only if the dwelling acquired by the displacing agency was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid lien on the dwelling for not less than ninety (90) days before the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the dwelling. Payment determinations shall be in accordance with regulations issued pursuant to Section 43-39-17; and   Reasonable expenses incurred by the displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees and other closing costs incident to the purchase of the replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses.     The additional payment authorized by this section shall be made only to a displaced person who purchases and occupies a decent, safe and sanitary replacement dwelling within one (1) year after the date on which he receives final payment from the displacing agency for the acquired dwelling, or the date on which the displacing agency's obligation under Section 43-39-13, is met, whichever is the later date, except that the displacing agency may extend such period for good cause. If such period is extended, the payment under this section shall be based on the costs of relocating the person to a comparable replacement dwelling within one (1) year of such date.
MS Code § 43-39-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance|§ 43-39-11. Additional payments to person not eligible under § 43-39-9

  In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this chapter, the head of a displacing agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from any dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under Section 43-39-9, which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by the displaced person for not less than ninety (90) days immediately prior to the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of such dwelling, or in any case in which displacement is not a direct result of acquisition, such other event as the head of the agency shall prescribe. Such payment shall consist of the amount necessary to enable such person to lease or rent for a period not to exceed forty-two (42) months, a comparable replacement dwelling, but not to exceed the maximum amount of relocation payments established by applicable federal regulations. At the discretion of the head of the displacing agency, a payment under this subsection may be made in periodic installments. Computation of a payment under this subsection to a low-income displaced person for a comparable replacement dwelling shall take into account such person's income.   Any person eligible for a payment under subsection (1) of this section may elect to apply such payment to a down payment on, and other incidental expenses pursuant to, the purchase of a decent, safe and sanitary replacement dwelling. Any such person may, at the discretion of the head of the displacing agency, be eligible under this subsection for the maximum payment allowed under subsection (1).
MS Code § 43-39-12 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance|§ 43-39-12. Illegal aliens ineligible to receive relocation assistance; exception for extremely unusual hardship; adoption of rules and regulations

  Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a displaced person shall not be eligible to receive relocation payments or any other assistance under this chapter if the displaced person is an alien not lawfully present in the United States.   If a displacing agency determines by clear and convincing evidence that a determination of the ineligibility of a displaced person under subsection (1) of this section would result in exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to an individual who is the displaced person's spouse, parent, or child and who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States, the displacing agency shall provide relocation payments and other assistance to the displaced person under this chapter if the displaced person would be eligible for the assistance but for subsection (1) of this section.   The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and in order to comply with federal law.
MS Code § 43-39-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance|§ 43-39-15. Agency to assure availability of suitable dwellings for displaced persons

 Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project will result in the displacement of any person on or after July 1, 1972, the displacing agency shall assure that within a reasonable period of time prior to displacement, there will be available comparable, decent, safe and sanitary replacement housing which is within the financial means of such displaced persons. Regulations issued pursuant to Section 43-39-17 may prescribe situations when these assurances may be waived.
MS Code § 43-39-16 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance|§ 43-39-16. Agency to provide replacement dwellings if none available; persons not required to move if replacement dwellings unavailable

  If a program or project undertaken by an agency with public financial assistance cannot proceed on a timely basis because comparable replacement dwellings are not available, and the head of the displacing agency determines that such dwellings cannot otherwise be made available, the head of the displacing agency may take such action as is necessary or appropriate to provide such dwellings by use of funds authorized for such project. The head of the displacing agency may use this section to exceed the maximum amounts which may be paid under Sections 43-39-9 and 43-39-11, on a case-by-case basis for good cause as determined in accordance with such regulations as the head of the agency issues.   No person shall be required to move from his dwelling on account of any program or project undertaken by a displacing agency with public financial assistance unless the head of the displacing agency is satisfied that comparable replacement housing is available to such person.
MS Code § 43-39-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance|§ 43-39-17. Duties and responsibilities of head of lead agency; rules and regulations

  The head of the lead agency shall:   Develop and issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter;   Ensure that relocation assistance activities under this chapter are coordinated with low-income housing assistance programs or projects by a state agency with federal financial assistance;   Monitor, in coordination with other state agencies, the implementation and enforcement of this chapter; and   Perform such other duties as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.     The head of the lead agency shall adopt rules and regulations and establish such procedures as he may determine as necessary to assure that:   The payments and assistance authorized by this chapter shall be administered in a manner which is fair and reasonable, and as uniform as practicable;   A displaced person who makes proper application for a payment authorized for such person by this chapter shall be paid promptly after a move or, in hardship cases, be paid in advance; and   Any person aggrieved may have his application reviewed by the state agency having authority over such program or project.
MS Code § 43-39-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance|§ 43-39-19. Agencies may contract for service or work through federal or local organizations

 In order to prevent unnecessary expense and duplication of functions, and to promote uniform and effective administration of relocation assistance programs for displaced persons, the agency may enter into contracts with any individual, firm, association or corporation for services in connection with those programs, or may carry out its functions under this chapter through any federal agency or any department or instrumentality of the state or its political subdivisions having an established organization for conducting relocation assistance programs.
MS Code § 43-39-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance|§ 43-39-21. Availability of funds

 Funds appropriated or otherwise available to any agency for the acquisition of real property or any interest therein for a particular program or project shall be available also for obligation and expenditure to carry out the provisions of this chapter as applied to that program or project.
MS Code § 43-39-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance|§ 43-39-23. Relocation payments not to be considered as income or resources

 Except as otherwise provided in the Federal Uniform Relocation Act, no payment received by a displaced person under this chapter shall be considered as income or resources for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any state law or for the purposes of the state's personal income tax law, corporation tax law, or other tax law. Except for any law providing low-income housing assistance, payments shall not be considered as income or resources of any recipient of public assistance and the payments shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled.
MS Code § 43-39-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance|§ 43-39-25. Appeal from determination as to eligibility

 Any person or business concern aggrieved by the determination of a displacing agency concerning eligibility for relocation payments authorized by this chapter shall have the right of appeal to the court that would have had jurisdiction if the cause were in eminent domain from such decision at any time within twenty (20) days after actual notice to the aggrieved party. The appeal shall be heard the same as provided by law in eminent domain causes. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any aggrieved party from exercising any right or remedy available to him under state law with respect to any action of a state agency in carrying out this chapter.
MS Code § 43-39-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance|§ 43-39-27. Payments as additives to compensation otherwise provided by law

 Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as creating in any condemnation proceedings brought under the power of eminent domain any element of value or damages not in existence immediately prior to July 1, 1972, but such payments shall be considered only as additives to due compensation otherwise provided by law.
MS Code § 43-39-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance|§ 43-39-29. Action of ejectment when project in danger of being delayed; authorization; notice requirements

  The displacing agency is authorized, if the program or project is in danger of being delayed, to bring a civil action seeking ejectment as relief in justice court, chancery court, circuit or county court, or special court of eminent domain where the agency is legally entitled to the possession of the property sued for and demanded.   No person previously lawfully occupying real property shall be required to move from a dwelling (assuming a replacement dwelling will be available) or move his business or farm without at least ninety (90) days advance written notice, after initiation of negotiations for the parcel, followed by a final written thirty-day notice to vacate after the displacing agency is legally entitled to possession.
MS Code § 43-43-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 43 - Administration of Social Security Funds|§ 43-43-1. Legislative intent

 It is the intent of the Mississippi Legislature to strengthen legislative oversight over the administration of federal funds provided under Title XX of the Social Security Act of 1935, as amended, originally enacted as Public Law 93-647.
MS Code § 43-43-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 43 - Administration of Social Security Funds|§ 43-43-3. Appropriations of Title XX monies

 No state agency shall make expenditures of any federal Title XX monies, unless such expenditures are made pursuant to specific appropriations by the Legislature. In appropriating expenditures for social services as provided under Title XX, the Legislature shall specify the maximum amounts of funds to be expended by source of funds. To the extent not precluded by the terms and conditions under which financial aid is made available by the federal government, the Legislature may establish priorities for the activity being assisted and shall specify the major categories of services to be provided and the maximum amount to be expended in each category.
MS Code § 43-43-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 43 - Administration of Social Security Funds|§ 43-43-5. Purchase of service contracts; advance of portion of cost of services

 All purchase of service contracts between the State Department of Public Welfare and individuals, associations or corporations other than state agencies shall be for the reimbursement of actual costs incurred in providing services. However, the State Department of Public Welfare in accordance with policy established by the State Board of Public Welfare may advance one-twelfth (1/12) of the total estimated cost for providing services under the twelve-month contractual agreement, upon written request of a contractor, to give the contractor a better cash flow. Any funds so advanced shall be withheld from the contract reimbursement payments and in no case shall the final reimbursement payment to the contractor exceed the actual cost incurred in providing services. Any contractor receiving such advance payments shall be strictly liable to ensure that same is adjusted to actual cost, including repayment of excess cash advances if necessary, prior to the final closeout of the purchase of service contract.
MS Code § 43-43-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 43 - Administration of Social Security Funds|§ 43-43-7. Purchase of service budget request; contents

 The State Department of Public Welfare in its purchase of service budget request shall accurately reflect the comprehensive annual services program required under Section 2004 of Title XX. In submitting its annual budget recommendations to the Legislature, the legislative budget office shall include all federal Title XX monies received or anticipated by agencies as a part of the budget request in order to indicate for each budget category the amount of state monies requested, the amount of federal monies anticipated or due, the amount of other nonstate monies requested or anticipated and the total anticipated expenditure from all sources for each respective category. A similar breakdown of funding sources shall be shown for current and preceding fiscal periods. All Title XX purchase of service contracts shall be subject to such auditing procedures by the state department of audit as are applicable to all state agencies. Upon the direction of the Legislative Budget Office, additional evaluation of the Title XX system may be performed by an independent group with expertise in cost analysis and the evaluation of human service programs.
MS Code § 43-43-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 43 - Administration of Social Security Funds|§ 43-43-9. Requirement of authorization before making assessment for services

 No state agency shall assess any charges for services provided by such agency under Title XX to any entity or individual, whether the services be administrative in nature or otherwise, unless such charges be specifically authorized both in principle and amount by the Legislature or, when the Legislature is out of session, by the state fiscal management board. All such charges, whether termed administrative charges, license fees, certification fees, user fees or by whatever name denominated, shall be included in the state budget report as prepared by the legislative budget office and shall be identified by source, purpose, amount and authorization. It is the intent of the Legislature that all such charges by an agency shall be reviewed annually by the Legislature to determine the necessity or continuing necessity for such charges and, if such charges are deemed appropriate and necessary, to include such charges in the agency's appropriation bill.
MS Code § 43-47-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 47 - Mississippi Vulnerable Persons Act|§ 43-47-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Vulnerable Persons Act of 1986."
MS Code § 43-47-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 47 - Mississippi Vulnerable Persons Act|§ 43-47-3. Legislative purpose

 The purpose of this chapter is to provide for protective services for vulnerable persons in Mississippi who are abused, neglected or exploited.
MS Code § 43-47-8 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 47 - Mississippi Vulnerable Persons Act|§ 43-47-8. Reporting of money, gift, or valuable received or accepted by care facility employees; record maintenance; penalties

  Any person employed by a care facility or having a professional relationship with a care facility who receives or accepts a gift, money or thing of value in excess of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) from a patient or resident of the care facility shall make a written report of the acceptance or receipt of the gift, money or thing of value to the administrator, director or other named highest ranking management employee at the care facility. The report shall be delivered within twenty-four (24) hours of the receipt or acceptance and shall contain the following information:   Name of the person receiving or accepting the money, gift or thing of value;   Name of the patient or resident who gave the money, gift or thing of value;   A detailed description of the gift or thing of value or the amount of money accepted or received; and   Any other information required by the care facility.     The written report shall be maintained by the care facility as part of the permanent record of the patient or resident, and a copy of the report shall be delivered by the administrator, director or other named highest ranking management employee to the patient's or resident's responsible party, or to the next of kin or other contact person identified in the patient's or resident's file if no responsible party has been designated.   Any person who fails to make or deliver a report as required under subsection (1) of this section; or fails to retain a report as part of the patient's or resident's permanent record as required by subsection (2) of this section; or fails to deliver a copy of the report to the patient's or resident's responsible party or other person as required by subsection (2) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.   Nothing in this section shall preclude legal proceedings against any person who steals, embezzles or misappropriates the property of a patient or resident or who otherwise exploits such patient or resident.   The care facility shall not be held civilly liable for an employee's failure to make or deliver a report of an incident as required by this section.
MS Code § 43-47-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 47 - Mississippi Vulnerable Persons Act|§ 43-47-9. Investigations and evaluations; cooperation of physicians and other health and welfare personnel; contracts with agencies and private physicians

  Upon receipt of a report pursuant to Section 43-47-7 that a vulnerable person is in need of protective services, the department shall initiate an investigation and/or evaluation within forty-eight (48) hours if immediate attention is needed, or within seventy-two (72) hours if the vulnerable person is not in immediate danger, to determine whether the vulnerable person is in need of protective services and what services are needed. The evaluation shall include any necessary visits and interviews with the person, and if appropriate, with the alleged perpetrator of the vulnerable person abuse and with any person believed to have knowledge of the circumstances of the case. When a caretaker of a vulnerable person refuses to allow the department reasonable access to conduct an investigation to determine if the vulnerable person is in need of protective services, the department may petition the court for an order for injunctive relief enjoining the caretaker from interfering with the investigation.   The staff and physicians of local health departments, mental health clinics and other public or private agencies, including law enforcement agencies, shall cooperate fully with the department in the performance of its duties. These duties include immediate, in-residence evaluations and medical examinations and treatment where the department deems it necessary. However, upon receipt of a report of abuse, neglect or exploitation of a vulnerable person confined in a licensed hospital or licensed nursing home facility in the state, the department shall immediately refer this report to the proper authority at the State Department of Health for investigation under Section 43-47-37.  Upon a showing of probable cause that a vulnerable person has been abused, a court may authorize a qualified third party to make an evaluation to enter the residence of, and to examine the vulnerable person. Upon a showing of probable cause that a vulnerable person has been financially exploited, a court may authorize a qualified third party, also authorized by the department, to make an evaluation, and to gain access to the financial records of the vulnerable person.    The department may contract with an agency or private physician for the purpose of providing immediate, accessible evaluations in the location that the department deems most appropriate.