Request for Oral Proceeding

Request for Oral Proceeding A. This chapter applies to all oral proceedings held for the purpose of providing the public with an opportunity to make oral presentations or written input on proposed new rules, amendments to rules, and proposed repeal of existing rules before the Mississippi Department of Human Services pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act. B. When a political subdivision, an agency, or a citizen requests an oral proceeding in regard to a proposed rule adoption, the requestor must submit a printed, typewritten, or legibly handwritten request. 1. Each request must be submitted on 8-1/2” x 11” white paper. 2. The request may be in the form of a letter addressed to the Mississippi Department of Human Services or in the form of a pleading as if filed with a court. 3. Each request must include the full name, telephone numbers, and mailing address of the requestor(s). 4. All requests shall be signed by the person filing the request, unless represented by an attorney, in which case the attorney may sign the request.