Mississippi · 2026 Regular Session
An Act To Create The Mississippi Rx Kids Program As A Pilot Program To Provide Targeted Time-limited Economic Assistance To All Pregnant Women In Those Counties Who Are Experiencing An Acute Economic Hardship During Their Pregnancy And For Twelve Months After Giving Birth; To Specify The Eligibility Criteria For The Program And Amounts Of Cash Prescriptions That The Woman Is Eligible To Receive; To Provide That The Program Is A Public-private Partnership That Combines Public Funding From State And Federal Sources With Private Funding; To Provide That The Program Shall Be Based At And Administered By The University Of Mississippi Medical Center; To Provide Ummc Shall Contract With A Nonprofit Entity To Provide For The Administration Of The Program; To Provide That The Cash Prescriptions Are Considered To Be Nontaxable Private Gifts Made By The Nonprofit Entity; To Provide That The Nonprofit Entity Shall Distribute The Prescriptions As Direct Deposits For Financial Institutions Or Through Reloadable Debit Cards; To Provide That All Cash Prescriptions Shall Be Funded Using A Mixture Of Private And Public Funds; To Provide That The Program Shall Use Tanf Funds Through "non-recurrent…
Died In Committee (2026-02-03)