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MS SB2877

Bill

Status

Failed

3/1/2011

Primary Sponsor

Willie Simmons

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Origin

Senate

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Removes the requirement that an inmate be terminally ill to qualify for conditional medical release under Mississippi Code Section 47-7-4
  • Allows eligible nonviolent offenders to be placed on conditional medical release regardless of time served, while other offenders must have served at least one year of their sentence
  • Maintains existing exclusion for offenders convicted of sex crimes from conditional medical release eligibility
  • Requires the medical director to certify that the offender has a significant permanent physical medical condition that is incapacitating or totally disabling before release can be granted
  • Specifies that the state is not responsible for medical costs incurred after an offender is released on conditional medical release

Legislative Description

Corrections; revise conditions for medical release of inmates.

Last Action

Died In Committee

3/1/2011

Full Bill Text

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