MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Corrections; Appropriations
By: Representative Scott
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-933, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE FROM $31.00 TO $32.00 THE AMOUNT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS PAYS PER DAY FOR EACH STATE OFFENDER WHO IS HOUSED IN A REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH PAYMENT IS MANDATORY RATHER THAN DISCRETIONARY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT FOR MEDICAL SERVICES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS PAYS TO A REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL BE MANDATORY RATHER THAN DISCRETIONARY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 47-5-933, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
47-5-933. The Department of
Corrections may contract for the purposes set out in Section 47-5-931 for a
period of not more than twenty (20) years. The contract * * * shall provide that the Department
of Corrections pay a minimum fee of * * * Thirty-two
Dollars ($32.00) per day for each offender that is housed in the facility.
The Department of Corrections may include in the contract, as an inflation
factor, a three percent (3%) annual increase in the contract price. The state
shall retain responsibility for medical care for state offenders to the extent
that is required by law; provided, however, the department * * * shall reimburse each facility for
contract medical services as provided by law in an amount * * * exceed that is at least Six
Dollars and Twenty-five Cents ($6.25) per day per offender. If there are
extraordinary medical circumstances that require a higher reimbursement rate
than the required minimum amount of Six Dollars and Twenty-five Cents ($6.25),
then the department may contract up to Two Dollars ($2.00) more per offender
for such extraordinary medical circumstances.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.