SB 3054 Summary

• Appropriates $156,842 from Capital Expense Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for FY 2025 (July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025) to cover legal assistance, expert witness fees, court fees, and settlement agreements for five specific cases.

• Appropriates $995,000 from Capital Expense Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for FY 2026 (upon passage through June 30, 2026) for legal expenses related to five specific cases including a CRIPA investigation of MDOC and election-related litigation.

• Appropriates $4,314,425 from Capital Expense Fund to the Department of Corrections for FY 2025 to defray medical program expenses.

• Appropriates $4,091,381 from Capital Expense Fund to the Mississippi State Department of Health for FY 2026 (upon passage through June 30, 2026) for legal expenses associated with City of Jackson Water litigation.

• Appropriates $11,824,687 total from Capital Expense Fund to the Department of Child Protection Services for FY 2025 across three separate appropriations for out-of-state therapeutic placements, salary and operational expenditures, and temporary placement expenditures.