Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 1 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-1-101) › IN GENERAL (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-1-30) › Section 43-1-5 - [Repealed Effective 7/1/2026] Duties of department

It shall be the duty of the Department of Human Services to:
(1)
Establish and maintain programs not inconsistent with the terms of this chapter and the rules, regulations and policies of the Department of Human Services, and publish the rules and regulations of the department pertaining to such programs.
(2)
Make such reports in such form and containing such information as the federal government may, from time to time, require, and comply with such provisions as the federal government may, from time to time, find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports.
(3)
Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, and at each regular session of the Legislature, make and publish one (1) report to the Governor and to the Legislature, showing for the period of time covered, in each county and for the state as a whole:
(a)
The total number of recipients;
(b)
The total amount paid to them in cash;
(c)
The maximum and the minimum amount paid to any recipients in any one (1) month;
(d)
The total number of applications;
(e)
The number granted;
(f)
The number denied;
(g)
The number cancelled;
(h)
The amount expended for administration of the provisions of this chapter;
(i)
The amount of money received from the federal government, if any;
(j)
The amount of money received from recipients of assistance and from their estates and the disposition of same;
(k)
Such other information and recommendations as the Governor may require or the department shall deem advisable;
(l)
The number of state-owned automobiles purchased and operated during the year by the department, the number purchased and operated out of funds appropriated by the Legislature, the number purchased and operated out of any other public funds, the miles traveled per automobile, the total miles traveled, the average cost per mile and depreciation estimate on each automobile;
(m)
The cost per mile and total number of miles traveled by department employees in privately owned automobiles, for which reimbursement is made out of state funds;
(n)
Each association, convention or meeting attended by any department employees, the purposes thereof, the names of the employees attending and the total cost to the state of such convention, association or meeting;
(o)
How the money appropriated to the institutions under the jurisdiction of the department has been expended during the preceding year, beginning and ending with the fiscal year of each institution, exhibiting the salaries paid to officers and employees of the institutions, and each and every item of receipt and expenditure;
(p)
The activities of each office within the Department of Human Services and recommendations for improvement of the services to be performed by each division.
Each report shall be balanced and shall begin with the balance at the end of the preceding fiscal year, and if any property belonging to the state or the institution is used for profit, such report shall show the expenses incurred in managing the property and the amount received from the same. Such reports shall also show a summary of the gross receipts and gross disbursements for each fiscal year and shall show the money on hand at the beginning of the fiscal period of each division and institution of the department.
This section shall stand repealed on July 1, 2026.
Codes, 1942, § 7219; Laws, 1936, ch. 175; Laws, 1940, ch. 298; Laws, 1946, ch. 331, § 1; Laws, 1950, ch. 527; Laws, 1952, ch. 388, § 1; Laws, 1954, ch. 355, § 1; Laws, 1958, ch. 349; Laws, 1966, ch. 445, § 21; Laws, 1983, ch. 504, § 2; Laws, 1989, ch. 544, § 63; Laws, 1990, ch. 522, § 19; Laws, 1991, ch. 434, § 1; Laws, 1992, ch. 585, § 3; Laws, 1992, ch. 523, § 1; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1994 Ex Sess, ch. 22, § 4; Laws, 2001, ch. 599, § 5; Laws, 2002, ch. 573, § 4; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2005, ch. 537, § 4; Laws, 2009, ch. 564, § 4; Laws, 2012, ch. 470, § 4, eff. 6/30/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 454, SB 2369,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 372, HB 1147,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 403, SB 2199, 4, eff. 7/1/2015.