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added = the amendment's new text.
MISSISSIPPIHouse LEGISLATUREAmendments REGULARto SESSIONSenate 2025Bill By:No.
Senator(s)2051 Barnett,TO SimmonsTHE (13th),SECRETARY To:OF THE SENATE:
CorrectionsTHIS SimmonsIS (12th),TO ButlerINFORM COMMITTEEYOU SUBSTITUTETHAT FORTHE SENATEHOUSE BILLHAS NO.ADOPTED THE AMENDMENTS SET OUT BELOW:
2051AMENDMENT ANNO. ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-940, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE DATE OF THE REPEALER ON THE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO CONTRACT WITH THE BOLIVAR COUNTY REGIONAL FACILITY FOR A DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT PROGRAM;
AND1 FORAmend RELATEDby PURPOSES.striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
The program shall be a prison-based treatment program designed to reduce substance abuse by inmates, correct dysfunctional thinking and behavioral S.patterns, and prepare inmates to make a successful and crime-free readjustment to the community.
B.
No.
2051 *SS26/R196CS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2 25/SS26/R196CS PAGE 1 patterns, and prepare inmates to make a successful and crime-free readjustment to the community.
PAGE 12051 (2) (a) An inmate who is within eighteen (18) months of his earned release date or parole date may be placed in the program.
The S.plan shall require the inmate to be tracked in at least thirty-day intervals to measure compliance with his established transition plan.
B.(d) A monitoring assessment of recidivism containing post-release history of substance abuse, breaches of trust, PAGE 22051 arrests, convictions, employment, community functioning, and marital and family interaction.
No.
2051 *SS26/R196CS* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/SS26/R196CS PAGE 2 plan shall require the inmate to be tracked in at least thirty-day intervals to measure compliance with his established transition plan.
(d) A monitoring assessment of recidivism containing post-release history of substance abuse, breaches of trust, arrests, convictions, employment, community functioning, and marital and family interaction.
This act shall take effect and be in force from and after June 30, 2025, and shall stand repealed from and after June 30, 2025.
S.Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
B.AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-940, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE DATE OF THE REPEALER ON THE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO CONTRACT WITH THE BOLIVAR COUNTY REGIONAL FACILITY FOR A DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT PROGRAM;
No.AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
2051HR26\SB2051A.J *SS26/R196CS*Andrew ~Ketchings OFFICIALClerk ~of 25/SS26/R196CSthe ST:House of Representatives PAGE 32051
Department of Corrections;
extend repealer PAGE 3 on drug and alcohol program at Bolivar County Regional Facility.