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MS Code § 43-19-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 19 - Support of Natural Children|Child Support Unit|§ 43-19-51. Duties, powers and functions of Attorney General's office, district attorneys and county attorneys unaffected

 Nothing contained in Sections 43-19-31 through 43-19-53 shall be construed as relieving or diminishing any of the duties, powers and functions of the Attorney General's office, district attorneys or county attorneys under the statutes of this state relating to the collection of any judgment or debt in favor of the state or the enforcement of the criminal laws under Sections 43-19-31 through 43-19-53 or any other provisions of state law.
MS Code § 43-19-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 19 - Support of Natural Children|Child Support Unit|§ 43-19-53. Annual report

 Not later than sixty (60) days after the first day of January of each year, the state department of public welfare shall cause to be published for the preceding calendar year a detailed report showing the total number of cases in the aid to dependent children program reported on the basis of fraud or suspected fraud, the total number investigated, prosecuted and disposed of civilly and/or criminally in each county of the state and the total number of support and paternity cases reported, investigated, continued, prosecuted civilly, and the total amount of support collected.
MS Code § 43-19-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 19 - Support of Natural Children|Child Support Unit|§ 43-19-55. Authorization to manage bank accounts for funds received as incentives from federal government and as income tax offsets

 The State Department of Human Services shall be authorized in maintaining separate accounts with Mississippi banks to handle funds received as incentives from the federal government earned as a result of collecting support and also any funds maintained on deposit as a result of federal and state income tax offsets and any other relevant account, and to aggressively manage the float in these accounts so as to accrue maximum interest advantage of the funds in the account, and to retain all earned interest on these funds to be applied to defray the expenses of the Child Support Unit.
MS Code § 43-19-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 19 - Support of Natural Children|Child Support Unit|§ 43-19-57. Administrative subpoenas

  Any administrative subpoena issued by the Department of Human Services pursuant to the provisions of Laws, 1997, Chapter 588, shall be directed to the appropriate party or entity and signed by the Director of the Department of Human Services or his designee.   A person wishing to appeal the issuance of an administrative subpoena shall have recourse to the chancery courts as for any subpoena.
MS Code § 43-19-58 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 19 - Support of Natural Children|Child Support Unit|§ 43-19-58. Appeals process for imposition of civil penalties

  Persons wishing to contest the imposition of an administrative civil penalty under the provisions of Laws, 1997, Chapter 588, shall be entitled to a hearing before the Director of the Department of Human Services or his designee by so requesting within twenty (20) days after receiving notice of the imposition of the administratively imposed civil penalty. The request shall identify the civil penalty contested and legibly state the contestant's name, mailing address and home and daytime phone numbers. The date, time and place for the hearing shall be made as convenient as possible for the contestant, who shall receive notice thereof not less than seven (7) days before the hearing. A hearing on whether to impose a civil penalty and to consider circumstances in mitigation shall be held on the time and the place specified in the notice. The contestant may appear in person, through his attorney or, prior to the date set for the hearing, submit written testimony and other evidence, subject to the penalty for false swearing, for entry in the hearing record.   After the hearing, the director or his designee shall issue his order, which may be appealed to the chancery court of the county in which the contestant resides in the same manner as is provided by law for appeals originating from county courts.   The director or his designee may file the order assessing the penalty, or a certified copy of the order, with the clerk of any chancery court in the state after expiration of the time in which an appeal may be taken, or final determination of the matter on appeal, whereupon the order assessing the penalty shall be enrolled on the judgment roll and may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment.
MS Code § 43-19-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 19 - Support of Natural Children|Child Support Unit|§ 43-19-59. Child Support Unit to use high-volume automated administrative enforcement to enforce out-of-state support orders

  The Department of Human Services, as the Title IV-D child support enforcement agency of this state, shall use high-volume automated administrative enforcement, to the same extent as used for intrastate cases, in response to a request made by another state to enforce support orders, and shall promptly report the results of such enforcement procedure to the requesting state.   In this section, "high-volume, automated administrative enforcement" means the use of automatic data processing to search various available state data bases, including, but not limited to, license records, employment service data, and state new hire registries, to determine whether information is available regarding a parent who owes a child support obligation.   The department may, by electronic or other means, transmit to another state or receive from another state a request for assistance in enforcing support orders through high-volume, automated administrative enforcement, which request:   Shall include such information as will enable the state to which the request is transmitted to compare the information about the cases to the information in the data bases of the state receiving the request; and   Shall constitute a certification by the requesting state:   Of the amount of support under an order the payment of which is in arrears; and   That the requesting state has complied with all procedural due process requirements applicable to each case.     If the department provides assistance to another state with respect to a case, or if another state seeks assistance from the department pursuant to this section, neither state shall consider the case to be transferred to the caseload of such other state.
MS Code § 43-19-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 19 - Support of Natural Children|Child Support Unit|§ 43-19-61. Child Support Prosecution Fund created; purpose; funding of expenses of legal division of Child Support Unit; deposit of user charges and fees authorized under this section into State General Fund

  There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the "Child Support Prosecution Fund." The fund shall be used by the Office of the Attorney General for the prosecution of delinquent child support cases and may also be used to draw down the sixty-six percent (66%) federal reimbursement IV-D funds for support of the Legal Division of the Child Support Unit of the Mississippi Department of Human Services.   From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of the legal division of the Child Support Unit shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law and as determined by the State Fiscal Officer.   From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
MS Code § 43-19-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 19 - Support of Natural Children|Child Support Award Guidelines|§ 43-19-103. Criteria for overcoming presumption that guidelines are appropriate

 The rebuttable presumption as to the justness or appropriateness of an award or modification of a child support award in this state, based upon the guidelines established by Section 43-19-101, may be overcome by a judicial or administrative body awarding or modifying the child support award by making a written finding or specific finding on the record that the application of the guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate in a particular case as determined according to the following criteria:   Extraordinary medical, psychological, educational or dental expenses.   Independent income of the child.   The payment of both child support and spousal support to the obligee.   Seasonal variations in one or both parents' incomes or expenses.   The age of the child, taking into account the greater needs of older children.   Special needs that have traditionally been met within the family budget even though the fulfilling of those needs will cause the support to exceed the proposed guidelines.   The particular shared parental arrangement, such as where the noncustodial parent spends a great deal of time with the children thereby reducing the financial expenditures incurred by the custodial parent, or the refusal of the noncustodial parent to become involved in the activities of the child, or giving due consideration to the custodial parent's homemaking services.   Total available assets of the obligee, obligor and the child.   Payment by the obligee of child care expenses in order that the obligee may seek or retain employment, or because of the disability of the obligee.   Any other adjustment which is needed to achieve an equitable result which may include, but not be limited to, a reasonable and necessary existing expense or debt.
MS Code § 43-20-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Mississippi Child Care Licensing Law|§ 43-20-1. Title

 This chapter shall be cited as the "Mississippi Child Care Licensing Law."
MS Code § 43-20-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Mississippi Child Care Licensing Law|§ 43-20-3. Declaration of purpose

 The purpose of this chapter is to protect and promote the health and safety of the children of this state by providing for the licensing of child care facilities as defined herein so as to assure that certain minimum standards are maintained in such facilities. This policy is predicated upon the fact that a child is not capable of protecting himself, and when his parents for any reason have relinquished his care to others, there arises the probability of exposure of that child to certain risks to his health and safety which require the offsetting statutory protection of licensing.
MS Code § 43-20-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Mississippi Child Care Licensing Law|§ 43-20-7. Advisory council

  There is hereby created an advisory council which shall be appointed by the State Health Officer, who shall serve at the pleasure of the State Health Officer.   The advisory council shall consist of twelve (12) persons, six (6) of whom shall be licensed child care providers, and six (6) of whom shall represent child care professional organizations, child advocacy groups, child care associations or state agencies which provide child care funding, education or services. No more than four (4) members shall be appointed from any one (1) state Supreme Court district.   It shall be the duty of the advisory council to assist and advise the licensing agency in the development of regulations governing the licensure and regulation of child care facilities and to advise the licensing agency on matters relative to the administration and interpretation of the provisions of this chapter.   Members of the advisory council shall be reimbursed for mileage and expenses as is authorized by law.
MS Code § 43-20-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Mississippi Child Care Licensing Law|§ 43-20-9. License required

 From and after August 1, 1972, no person acting individually or jointly with another person or persons shall establish, own, operate, conduct or maintain a child care facility in this state without a license issued under this chapter.
MS Code § 43-20-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Mississippi Child Care Licensing Law|§ 43-20-11. Application for and issuance of license

 An application for a license under this chapter shall be made to the licensing agency upon forms provided by it, and shall contain such information as the licensing agency may reasonably require. Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a license fee not to exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00), which shall be paid to the licensing agency. Any increase in the fee charged by the licensing agency under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65. Licenses shall be granted to applicants upon the filing of properly completed application forms, accompanied by payment of the license fee, and a certificate of inspection and approval by the fire department of the municipality or other political subdivision in which the facility is located, and by a certificate of inspection and approval by the health department of the county in which the facility is located, and approval by the licensing agency; except that if no fire department exists where the facility is located, the State Fire Marshal shall certify as to the inspection for safety from fire hazards. The fire, county health department and licensing agency inspections and approvals shall be based upon regulations promulgated by the licensing agency as approved by the State Board of Health.   Each license shall be issued only for the premises and person or persons named in the application and shall not be transferable or assignable except with the written approval of the licensing agency. Licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.   No governmental entity or agency shall be required to pay the fee or fees set forth in this section.
MS Code § 43-20-12 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Mississippi Child Care Licensing Law|§ 43-20-12. Fees and penalties to be deposited in special fund

 All fees collected by the State Board of Health under this chapter and any penalties collected by the board for violations of this chapter shall be deposited in a special fund hereby created in the State Treasury and shall be used for the implementation and administration of this chapter when appropriated by the Legislature for such purpose.
MS Code § 43-20-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Mississippi Child Care Licensing Law|§ 43-20-13. Renewal of license

 A license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be renewed upon payment of a renewal fee not to exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) per year, and upon filing by the licensee of a report upon such uniform dates and upon forms provided by the licensing agency, accompanied by a current certificate of inspection and approval by the fire department and the county health department specified in Section 43-20-11.   Any increase in the fee charged by the licensing agency under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65.   No governmental entity or agency shall be required to pay the fee or fees set forth in this section.
MS Code § 43-20-14 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Mississippi Child Care Licensing Law|§ 43-20-14. Denial, suspension, or revocation of license; hearing; appeal

  The licensing agency may deny a license or refuse to renew a license for any of the reasons set forth in subsection (3) of this section.   Before the licensing agency may deny or refuse to renew, the applicant or person named on the license shall be entitled to a hearing in order to show cause why the license should not be denied or should be renewed.   The licensing agency may suspend, revoke or restrict the license of any child-care facility upon one or more of the following grounds:   Fraud, misrepresentation or concealment of material facts;   Conviction of an operator for any crime if the licensing agency finds that the act or acts for which the operator was convicted could have a detrimental effect on children cared for by any child-care facility;   Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations governing the licensing and regulation of child-care facilities promulgated by the licensing agency;   Any conduct, or failure to act, that is found or determined by the licensing agency to threaten the health or safety of children at the facility;   Failure by the child-care facility to comply with the provisions of Section 43-20-8(3) regarding background checks of caregivers; and   Information received by the licensing agency as a result of the criminal records background check and the child abuse registry check on all operators under Section 43-20-8.     Before the licensing agency may suspend, revoke or restrict the license of any facility, any licensee affected by that decision of the licensing agency shall be entitled to a hearing in which the licensee may show cause why the license should not be suspended, revoked or restricted.   Any licensee who disagrees with or is aggrieved by a decision of the Mississippi State Department of Health in regard to the denial, refusal to renew, suspension, revocation or restriction of the license of the licensee, may appeal to the chancery court of the county in which the facility is located. The appeal shall be filed no later than thirty (30) days after the licensee receives written notice of the final administrative action by the Mississippi State Department of Health as to the suspension, revocation or restriction of the license of the licensee.
MS Code § 43-20-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Mississippi Child Care Licensing Law|§ 43-20-15. Inspections

 The licensing agency shall make or cause to be made inspections relative to compliance with the laws and regulations governing the licensure of child care facilities. Such inspections shall be made at least once a year but additional inspections may be made as often as deemed necessary by the licensing agency.
MS Code § 43-20-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Mississippi Child Care Licensing Law|§ 43-20-17. Information confidential; authority to release findings of investigations into allegations of abuse

 Information in the possession of the licensing agency concerning the license of individual child care facilities may be disclosed to the public, except such information shall not be disclosed in such manner as to identify children or families of children cared for at a child care facility. Nothing in this section shall affect the agency's authority to release findings of investigations into allegations of abuse pursuant to either Section 43-21-353(8) or Section 43-21-257.
MS Code § 43-20-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Mississippi Child Care Licensing Law|§ 43-20-19. Penalty

 Any person establishing, conducting, managing or operating a child care facility without a license under this chapter after August 1, 1972, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the first offense, and not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each subsequent offense.
MS Code § 43-20-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Mississippi Child Care Licensing Law|§ 43-20-21. Injunctive relief

 Notwithstanding the existence of any other remedy, the licensing agency may, in the manner provided by law, in termtime or in vacation, upon the advice of the Attorney General who, except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39, shall represent the licensing agency in the proceedings, maintain an action in the name of the state for an injunction or other proper remedy against any person to restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management or operation of a child care facility without license under this chapter, or otherwise in violation of this chapter.
MS Code § 43-20-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Regulations for the Promotion of Breast Feeding by Mothers of Children in Child Care Facilities|§ 43-20-31. Department of Health to promulgate regulations for child care facilities to promote breast-feeding by mothers of children being cared for in facility

 The Department of Health shall promulgate regulations to ensure that licensed child care facilities shall be required to comply with the following:   Breast-feeding mothers, including employees, shall be provided a sanitary place that is not a toilet stall to breast-feed their children or express milk. This area shall provide an electrical outlet, comfortable chair, and nearby access to running water.   A refrigerator will be made available for storage of expressed breast milk following guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics and Centers for Disease Control in ensuring that breast milk is properly treated to avoid waste. Universal precautions are not required in handling human milk.   Staff shall be trained in the safe and proper storage and handling of human milk.   Breast-feeding promotion information will be displayed in order to positively promote breast-feeding to the clients of the facility.   Such other requirements as the Board of Health finds desirable or necessary to promote and protect breast-feeding.
MS Code § 43-20-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Family Child Care Homes|§ 43-20-51. Legislative purpose

 The purpose of Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65 is to protect and promote the health and safety of children of this state who are cared for in family child care homes which are not required to be licensed by the state, by allowing for a voluntary registration of such homes, establishing of standards for such homes and child care providers and allowing for periodic routine inspection and mandatory inspections when warranted by complaints.
MS Code § 43-20-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Family Child Care Homes|§ 43-20-53. Definitions

 As used in Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65:   "Family child care home" means any residential facility occupied by the operator where five (5) or fewer children who are not related within the third degree computed according to the civil law to the provider and who are under the age of thirteen (13) years of age are provided care for any part of the 24-hour day.   "Registering agency" means the Mississippi State Department of Health.   "Provider" means the person responsible for the care of children.
MS Code § 43-20-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Family Child Care Homes|§ 43-20-55. Development of regulations and standards; compensation of advisory council members

 The advisory council appointed by the Executive Officer of the State Department of Health under the provisions of Section 43-20-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall assist and advise in the development of regulations and standards governing the registration and regulation of family child care homes. Members of the council who are not public employees shall receive per diem compensation as provided under Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972, and shall be reimbursed for mileage and expenses.