MS HB490

Requires chancery courts to order evaluation by a licensed physician at a mental health facility if the court finds evidence that a person has a propensity to commit a sex offense as defined in Section 45-33-23.

Mandates commitment to a State Department of Mental Health facility if a physician determines the person has a propensity to commit a sex offense.

Requires two licensed physicians to conduct physical and mental examinations to determine when a committed person no longer has a propensity to commit a sex offense before release is permitted.

Applies only to proceedings before chancery court where propensity to commit sexual offenses is found through evidence and testimony.

Effective July 1, 2019.