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Section
43-1-1

Department of Human Services to be State Department of Public Welfare

Section
43-1-2

Mississippi Department of Human Services; Executive Director of Human Services; Joint Oversight Committee; powers of executive director; structure of department

Section
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

Section
43-1-4

Powers and duties of department

Section
43-1-5

Duties of department

Section
43-1-6

Repealed

Section
43-1-7

Family resource centers; information campaign for low income individuals; telephone hotline for reporting welfare fraud

Section
43-1-8

Repealed

Section
43-1-9

County department of public welfare

Section
43-1-10

Repealed

Section
43-1-11

Expenses of county welfare office

Section
43-1-12

Expenditure of municipal or county funds to support public welfare programs

Section
43-1-13

Political activity

Section
43-1-15

Office of State Department

Section
43-1-17

Cooperation with the federal government

Section
43-1-19

Disclosure of records of disbursement and payment of public assistance governed by federal regulations; penalty for violation

Section
43-1-21

Disposal of abandoned applications, closed case files, and the like

Section
43-1-23

Fraud investigation unit; duties; staff; assistance from and to other agencies; issuance of subpoenas

Section
43-1-25

Assistant prosecutors for prosecution of fraud in connection with assistance programs; investigation and prosecution costs to be subsidized

Section
43-1-27

Action maintainable by department of public welfare to recover benefits wrongfully obtained; attorney's fees; evidence

Section
43-1-28

Online electronic benefit transfer (EBT) system for food stamps; pilot project; federal approval and funding

Section
43-1-29

Offline electronic benefit transfer (EBT) system for food stamps; demonstration project; federal approval and funding

Section
43-1-29.1

Department of Human Services authorized to develop pilot program to track usage of Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits

Section
43-1-30

Mississippi TANF Implementation Council