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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934




Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):		December 15, 2016

HMS Income Fund, Inc.

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




Maryland	814-00939	45-3999996
____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

2800 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 5000, Houston, Texas		77056-6118
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)




Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:		(888) 220-6121

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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.03.	Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Effective December 15, 2016, HMS Income Fund, Inc. (the “Company”) amended its articles of amendment and restatement (as amended and restated from time to time, the “Charter”) in response to a comment from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission to eliminate the option of the Company’s stockholders to tender shares of common stock in the Company for redemption upon the occurrence of such stockholder’s death or disability. The Charter is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this report.



Item 8.01.	Other Events.

First Quarter 2017 Distributions

With the authorization of its board of directors, the Company recently declared distributions for the period from January 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017 with respect to shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"). These distributions will be calculated based on stockholders of record each day from January 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017 in an amount equal to $0.00191781 per share of Common Stock per day. Distributions will be paid on the first business day following the completion of the month to which they relate and will be paid in cash or reinvested in Common Stock for those participating in the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan.

Statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including intentions, beliefs, expectations or projections relating to items such as the timing of payment of distributions are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements are based on current expectations and assumptions with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive and market conditions and future business decisions that may prove incorrect or inaccurate. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include the risks described in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and quarterly reports filed on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K are made only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements.



Item 9.01.	Financial Statements and Exhibits.



EXHIBIT NUMBER		DESCRIPTION
3.1		Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Registrant (Filed herewith).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.




	HMS Income Fund, Inc.

December 21, 2016	By:	/s/ David M. Covington
		Name: David M. Covington
		Title: Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer