House Bill 1476

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN INMATE, AS LONG AS THE INMATE IS NOT CONVICTED OF CAPITAL MURDER OR SENTENCED TO DEATH, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IF HE OR SHE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS OR DISEASE AND HAS A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A YEAR OR LESS OR IS COMPLETELY DISABLED AND DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SELF-CARE AND HE OR SHE IS BEDRIDDEN OR THE INMATE HAS LIMITED SELF-CARE CAPACITY AND IS BEDRIDDEN AT LEAST 50% OF WAKING HOURS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO PROVIDE TO THE PAROLE BOARD, EVERY THIRTY DAYS, A LIST OF INMATES WHO MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE ELIGIBILITY DUE TO CERTAIN MEDICAL CONDITIONS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OR ITS MEDICAL DIRECTOR TO NOTIFY THE PAROLE BOARD OF ANY INMATE WHO IS DIAGNOSED WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS OR DISEASE WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS OF THE DIAGNOSIS; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-4, TO AUTHORIZE THE PAROLE BOARD, ALONG WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION'S MEDICAL DIRECTOR, TO PLACE CERTAIN OFFENDERS ON CONDITIONAL MEDICAL RELEASE IF THE OFFENDERS HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS OR DISEASE AND HAVE A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A YEAR OR LESS OR IS COMPLETELY DISABLED AND DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SELF-CARE AND IS BEDRIDDEN OR THE OFFENDER HAS LIMITED SELF-CARE CAPACITY AND IS BEDRIDDEN AT LEAST 50% OF WAKING HOURS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO PROVIDE TO THE PAROLE BOARD, EVERY THIRTY DAYS, A LIST OF INMATES WHO MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONDITIONAL MEDICAL RELEASE DUE TO CERTAIN MEDICAL CONDITIONS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OR ITS MEDICAL DIRECTOR TO NOTIFY THE PAROLE BOARD OF ANY INMATE WHO IS DIAGNOSED WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS OR DISEASE WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS OF THE DIAGNOSIS; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

In the House of Representatives

• Kevin Horan

  Sponsor

• House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Mar 12

• Senate committee amendmentPending

• Senate floor amendmentPending

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In the House of Representatives Feb 17 – Mar 12

1. Feb 17Referred to the House committees on Corrections and on Appropriations
2. Feb 27Reported from CN to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
3. Mar 3Reported from AP to CN in the House: title sufficient, do pass
4. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
5. Mar 11Read the third time in the House
6. Mar 12Amended in the House
7. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Mar 17 – Jun 11

1. Mar 17Sent to the Senate
2. May 11Referred to the Senate committee on Corrections
3. May 27Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
4. Jun 11Amended in the Senate
5. Passed the Senate as amended

Back in the House of Representatives Jun 12 – Jul 6

1. Jun 12Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
2. Jun 16Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
3. Jun 17Returned to the House to concur in the Senate's amendments
4. Jun 18Declined in the House to concur, and invited a conference
5. Jun 22Conferees named in the House: Horan, Roberson and Yates
6. Conferees named in the Senate: Barnett, Wiggins and Sparks
7. Jun 28Conference report filed in the Senate
8. Conference report filed in the House
9. Jun 29Conference report adopted in the House
10. Jul 6Died on the calendar in the House