Senate Bill 3016 Summary

• Appropriates $316,474,500.00 from the State General Fund and $24,416,926.00 from special funds to the Mississippi Department of Corrections for fiscal year 2020 (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020).

• Allocates funds across multiple departmental divisions including Central Office ($30,644,550), Private Prisons ($66,729,681), Medical Services ($77,403,560), Parchman ($36,027,114), Community Corrections ($32,799,002), and other facilities, with authorized staffing positions specified for each.

• Authorizes a three percent (3%) pay increase to full-time employees' Variable Compensation Plan realignment component and establishes performance targets for the agency including recidivism rates, educational program slots, and inmate-to-officer ratios.

• Sets operational requirements including a maximum per diem rate of $29.74 per inmate at regional facilities, limitations on medical service reimbursement rates, restrictions on cosmetic medical procedures, and requirements for prisoner work programs at Parchman.

• Grants the Department Commissioner authority to transfer spending and positions between budgets up to twenty-five percent (25%) of authorized budgets and to amend or extend lease agreements for correctional facilities up to ten years.