MS HB139

Authorizes the State Parole Board to place nonviolent bedridden offenders on medical parole regardless of time served, with the state bearing no responsibility for post-release medical costs.

Allows the State Parole Board to conditionally parole offenders over 70 years old or terminally ill to private health care institutions.

Establishes the State Parole Board as a five-member body appointed by the Governor with Senate consent, requiring members to have a bachelor's degree or high school diploma with four years' work experience.

Requires Parole Board members to complete annual training based on guidance from the National Institute of Corrections, Association of Paroling Authorities International, or American Probation and Parole Association.

Repeals Sections 47-7-53 and 47-7-55, eliminating the Department of Corrections' authority to assume parole board duties and dissolving the legislative Parole Commission, effective July 1, 2016.