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MS SB2486

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

2/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Bradford Blackmon

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Mississippi Code Section 99-13-11 to distinguish payment responsibility for court-ordered mental competency examinations in felony cases based on defendant indigency status
  • Requires counties to pay costs of mental examinations for non-indigent defendants
  • Requires the state to pay costs of mental examinations for indigent defendants
  • Applies to examinations by court-selected psychiatrists or psychologists ordered to determine a defendant's ability to make a defense
  • Takes effect July 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Mental examinations; require state to pay costs for indigent defendants where examination is court-ordered.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Division A1/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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