Title 43, Public Welfare

For the purpose of providing assistance for permanently totally disabled needy people under the age of (sixty-five) 65 years and over the age of (eighteen) 18 years who are unable to work, a statewide system of assistance is hereby established and shall be in effect in all politi…

Upon the completion of the investigation, the county department shall determine in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Department, whether the applicant is eligible for assistance under the provisions of this chapter, the amount of assistance he shall receive, …

If the recipient or applicant is found incapable of taking care of himself or his money, payments may be paid to any person, firm, corporation, association, institution or agency designated to receive it by order of the county department of his county.

No assistance given under this chapter shall be transferable or assignable, at law or in equity, and none of the money paid or payable under this chapter shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment or other legal process, or to the operation of any bankruptcy or …

The county department shall at once report to the State Department its decision upon each application. If an application is not acted upon by the county department within thirty (30) days after the filing of the application, or is denied or revoked, the applicant may appeal to th…

All assistance grants made under this chapter shall be reconsidered as frequently as may be required by the rules and regulations of the state board. After such further investigation, the amount of assistance may be changed or assistance may be entirely withdrawn if the state com…

No person shall make any charge or receive any fee for representing any applicant or recipient of assistance in any proceeding hereunder except as to criminal proceedings brought pursuant to Section 43-29-23 of this chapter; or with respect to any application whether such fee or …

(1) Whoever obtains, or attempts, or aids, or abets any person to obtain by means of a wilfully false statement or representation or by impersonation, or other fraudulent device:(1) assistance to which he is not entitled; or(2) assistance greater than that to which he is justly e…

On the death of any recipient double the total amount of assistance paid to such recipient under this chapter shall be allowed as a claim against the estate of such person if it be found that such recipient has obtained funds by false representation.

All assistance granted under this chapter shall be deemed to be granted and to be held subject to the provisions of any amending or repealing act that may be hereafter passed, and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of his assistance being …

The State Department shall issue all checks for administrative expenses, and for assistance to persons qualifying for aid under the provisions of this chapter. All such checks shall be drawn upon funds made available to the state department of public welfare by the state auditor,…

(a) Assistance shall be given under this chapter to any person who qualifies under Section 43-29-1, and who:(a) has resided in this state for one (1) year immediately preceding his application, and such residence shall not have been established solely or in part for the purpose o…

The total amount of assistance granted under the provisions of this chapter and the expenses incurred thereunder shall not exceed the amounts of funds appropriated therefor by the legislature.

No suit shall be maintained in any court for the purpose of compelling an award of assistance or to enforce payment of any award of assistance made under the provisions of this chapter. Awards made hereunder shall in no case create any vested or other rights for assistance in the…

The Legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this chapter at any time; and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal. All the rights, benefits, or immunities conferred by this chapter or by acts done pursuant t…

The administration of this chapter, so far as applicable, shall be subject to all of the rules and regulations as prescribed by the state board of public welfare for the administration of old age assistance, as provided by Sections 43-1-1 through 43-1-17, and 43-9-1 through 43-9-…

Assistance for disabled persons granted under this chapter shall be paid out of any funds designated by the state legislature for this purpose.

The amount of assistance, including vendor payments for medical care, which any recipient shall receive shall be determined by the welfare department with due regard to resources, income (except such income as may be disregarded as specified in the federal Social Security Act, as…

Application for assistance under this chapter shall be made to the county welfare agent of the county in which the applicant resides. The application shall be made in writing or reduced to writing in the manner and upon the form prescribed by the state department. Such applicatio…

Whenever a county welfare agent receives an application for assistance under this chapter, an investigation and record shall promptly be made of the circumstances of the applicant to ascertain the facts supporting the application made under this chapter, and such other informatio…

(1) There is established the Mississippi Disability Resource Commission. The function of the commission is to:(a) Assimilate and provide current information to persons who need health, special education or disability information or services;(b) Refer those persons to the appropri…

The board of supervisors of each county shall have the jurisdiction and power necessary and proper for the relief and support of the poor of its county, and it shall have control of the county home, and may employ a suitable person to take charge of the same. It shall see that th…

The board of supervisors, and, in case of emergency, the supervisor of the district, may provide for the temporary relief of a pauper until he can be removed to the county home.

The board of supervisors may allow, as far as be deemed right, the claims of persons, who, by authority of one of the supervisors, have temporarily taken care of, fed, clothed, administered to, or buried such paupers as were at the time proper subjects for relief, but could not a…

The board of supervisors shall annually assess and cause to be collected by the tax collector, and paid into the general fund of the county treasury, such tax as may be necessary for the support of the poor of the county.

Money shall not be disbursed from the county treasury for the relief or support of paupers, except on the order of the board of supervisors; nor shall any obligations be incurred by the county, except by its authority.

To entitle any pauper to be supported by the county, he must have been a bona fide resident thereof for six (6) months prior to his application for support; and the settlement of the parent or parents shall entitle the children to a settlement.

Whenever any member of the board of supervisors shall ascertain that there is a pauper in his district probably entitled to relief, it shall be his duty to examine into the pauper’s right to support; and if he be satisfied that such pauper has a settlement in his county, and is u…

The board of supervisors may, with the consent of the pauper, contract with any person for keeping and maintaining any pauper for the work or service which may be rendered by him in compensation for his support and maintenance; and if any pauper shall refuse to abide by the dispo…

The father and grandfather, the mother and grandmother, and brothers and sisters, and the descendants of any pauper not able to work, as the board of supervisors shall direct, shall, at their own charge, relieve and maintain such pauper; and, in case of refusal, shall forfeit and…

The members of the board of supervisors shall prevent the poor from strolling from one district to another; and in case any pauper shall leave the county in which he may have a settlement, and remove to another county, any member of the board of supervisors may make an order to r…

The board of supervisors of any county shall also relieve, support or employ paupers found or being in the county, though not entitled to a settlement therein, and, in case of their decease, shall decently bury them; and all expenses shall be chargeable to and recoverable from th…

The board of supervisors may purchase, in the name of the county, not more than one hundred and sixty (160) acres of land for a county home and farm; and it may erect thereon suitable buildings and make all necessary contracts for these purposes.

The municipal authorities of every city, town, and village shall bury all strangers found dead within their limits, or found floating in any waters at a point adjoining their limits, and all expenses or charges shall be chargeable to the county; and an accurate account thereof sh…

It shall be unlawful for any superintendent of a county home to permit a healthy child of seven (7) years of age, or over, to remain at the county home; but all such children being there shall be reported to the board of supervisors, who shall deal with them in the same way as ot…

If any person commanding a ship, vessel, steamboat, or other watercraft imports into this state, or brings to the shores or within the limits thereof, any infant, person with mental illness, maimed, aged or infirm person or vagrant who is likely to become chargeable on the county…

When any ship, vessel, or steamboat shall arrive at any port or harbor with alien passengers on board, who are to be landed or left, and who may become a charge as paupers, the master or commanding officer of the vessel shall, before such passengers, or any of them, leave the shi…

The boards of supervisors of the several counties of Mississippi are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture and with the state department of public welfare and the respective county departments of public…

The board of supervisors may, when deemed proper, sell or exchange and convey the county home property, and purchase other property for such use.

The board of supervisors shall prescribe such rules as it may deem expedient for the government and support of the county home, and may discharge any superintendent and employ another.

The board of supervisors may cause the superintendent of the county home to employ in labor such paupers as may be able to work, in such way as it may deem proper without endangering their health or without oppressing them; and a fair amount of the profits resulting from such lab…

(a) Sections 43-33-1 through 43-33-53 may be referred to as the “Housing Authorities Law,” and the following terms, whenever used or referred to in said sections, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:(a) “Author…

(a) An authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this article, including the following powers…

It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that each housing authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with its providing decen…

(a) In the operation or management of housing projects an authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection:(a) It may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only to persons of low income and at rentals within the fi…

(1) Any person who obtains or attempts to obtain, or who establishes or attempts to establish, eligibility for, and any person who knowingly or intentionally aids or abets such person in obtaining or attempting to obtain, or in establishing or attempting to establish eligibility …