Bill Text: MS HB211 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Chancery court; require to order certain persons held pending mental evaluation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee [HB211 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2020-HB211-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Banks
House Bill 211
AN ACT TO REQUIRE CHANCERY COURTS TO ORDER CERTAIN PERSONS WITH SEXUAL OFFENDER PROPENSITIES TO BE HELD PENDING EVALUATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. If the chancery court finds, through evidence and testimony, during any proceeding before the court that a person has a propensity to commit an act that would be considered a sex offense, as defined in Section 45-33-23, then the court shall order the person to be evaluated by a licensed physician of a mental health facility. If the physician determines that the person has such propensity, then the person must be committed to a mental health facility and remain in the facility until two (2) licensed physicians determine through physical and mental examination that the person no longer has a propensity to commit an act that would be considered a sex offense, as defined in Section 45-33-23. For purposes of this section, the term "mental health facility" means a facility administered by the State Department of Mental Health.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.
