MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Corrections By: Representative Currie House Bill 1438 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-933, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE AUTHORITY OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO INCLUDE, AS AN INFLATION INDICATOR, A THREE PERCENT ANNUAL INCREASE IN ITS CONTRACT PRICE FOR THE HOUSING OF STATE OFFENDERS IN COUNTY REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-945, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; 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 may provide that the Department of Corrections pay a fee of no more than Thirty-two Dollars and Seventy-one Cents ($32.71) 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. Section 47-5-945, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 47-5-945. The Department of Corrections shall contract for the purposes set out in Section 47-5-943 for a period of not more than twenty (20) years. * * *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. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2025 Regular Session
To: Corrections
By: Representative Currie
# House Bill 1438
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-933, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE AUTHORITY OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO INCLUDE, AS AN INFLATION INDICATOR, A THREE PERCENT ANNUAL INCREASE IN ITS CONTRACT PRICE FOR THE HOUSING OF STATE OFFENDERS IN COUNTY REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-945, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; 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 may provide that the Department of Corrections pay a fee of no more than Thirty-two Dollars and Seventy-one Cents ($32.71) 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. Section 47-5-945, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
47-5-945. The Department of Corrections shall contract for the purposes set out in Section 47-5-943 for a period of not more than twenty (20) years. * * *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.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.