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2025 Mississippi Code 1972
Title 43 - Public Welfare (Chs. 1 - 63)
Chapter 26 - Department of Child Protection Services (§§ 43-26-1 - 43-26-23)
- § 43-26-1. Department of Child Protection Services created; Commissioner of Child Protection Services; responsibilities, powers and duties; employment of Coordinator of Services for Victims of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation; duties; standard operating procedures for investigation, custody and services provided alleged victims of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation [Repealed effective July 1, 2028]
- § 43-26-3. Procedures when responding to allegation of child abuse, or human trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation of a child; presumption that minor taken into custody under Section 97-29-49 is victim of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation
- § 43-26-5. Establishment of record-keeping procedures; establishment of uniform intake procedures
- § 43-26-7. Inter-departmental cooperation
- § 43-26-9. Clear delineation of resources devoted to family and children's services and to public assistant programs
- § 43-26-11. Creation of local offices of the department; responsibilities; expenses related to operation of local offices
- § 43-26-13. Governing authorities of municipalities or counties authorized to expend funds for certain purposes
- § 43-26-15. Department of Finance and Administration to furnish office space for the department in the City of Jackson
- § 43-26-17. Cooperation with federal government in carrying out provisions of certain federal acts
- § 43-26-19. Destruction of abandoned application, closed case files, communications and certain other information under specified circumstances
- § 43-26-21. Employment of assistant prosecutors by political subdivisions of the state to prosecute crimes under Section 97-19-71 authorized
- § 43-26-23. Aid, benefits or services improperly received becomes debt due to department; civil action to recover amount of value of assistance; proof of conviction under Section 97-19-71 deemed prima facie evidence that assistance was improperly obtained under this section
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