Mississippi House Bill 1402 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Independent 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require The Department Of Corrections To Implement An Evidence-based Recidivism Reduction Program For Parole Eligible Inmates; To Define "evidence-based Recidivism Reduction Program"; To Provide Certain Incentives If An Inmate Participates In The Program; To Amend Section 47-7-3.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department To Create A Risk Of Assessment Of Recidivism In An Inmate's Case Plan; To Require The Department Of Corrections To Submit A Certain Report Regarding Its Ability To Provide Evidence-based Treatment, Including Medication-assisted Treatment (mat) For Inmates With Opioid And Heroin Abuse Problems; To Bring Forward Section 47-5-1003, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Pertains To The Intensive Supervision Program; And For Related Purposes.

Department of Corrections; implement evidence-based recidivism reduction program and create certain risk assessment regarding recidivism.

Rep. Shanda Yates [I]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-02-17	House	Referred To Corrections;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB1402.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1402IN.htm