MS SB2171

Expands conditional medical release eligibility to include nonviolent offenders with long-term debilitating medical conditions regardless of time served, beyond the current requirement of at least one year of sentence.

Changes medical certification language from "significant permanent physical" to "long-term debilitating" medical condition with no possibility of recovery as the standard for conditional medical release.

Allows offenders placed on conditional medical release to be enrolled in the Intensive Supervision Program under Section 47-5-1001 et seq.

Establishes medical parole process through the State Parole Board for inmates deemed "medically frail" with provisions for placement in licensed special care facilities, excluding capital punishment and sex offender convicts.

Requires medical records release to prosecuting attorneys and allows revocation of medical parole if the inmate recovers from the condition that qualified them as medically frail; takes effect July 1, 2024.