Adopted
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO
House Bill No. 799
BY: Committee
Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
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 may
provide that the Department of Corrections pay a fee of no more than * * * Thirty-four
Dollars ($34.00) 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 may reimburse each
facility for contract medical services as provided by law in an amount not to
exceed Six Dollars and Twenty-five Cents ($6.25) per day per offender.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023, and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2023.
Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-933, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE FROM $31.00 TO $34.00 THE AMOUNT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS PAYS PER DAY FOR EACH STATE OFFENDER WHO IS HOUSED IN A REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.