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MS Code § 41-19-243 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|Hudspeth Regional Center|§ 41-19-243. Criminal offenses

 Any person who (a) under the provisions of Section 41-19-237, knowingly and unlawfully or improperly causes a person to be adjudged to be a person with an intellectual disability, (b) procures the escape of a legally committed resident or knowingly conceals an escaped legally committed resident of the center, or (c) unlawfully brings any firearm, deadly weapon or explosive into the center or its grounds, or passes any thereof to a resident, employee or officer of the center, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), imprisonment for not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year, or both.
MS Code § 41-19-245 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|Hudspeth Regional Center|§ 41-19-245. Center designated state agency

 The Hudspeth Regional Center is designated as a state agency for carrying out the purposes of any act of the Congress of the United States of America now existing or at any time hereafter enacted pertaining to intellectual disabilities.
MS Code § 41-19-251 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|North Mississippi State Hospital and South Mississippi State Hospital|§ 41-19-251. North Mississippi State Hospital and South Mississippi State Hospital

 The purpose of Sections 41-19-251 et seq. is to create, construct, equip, and maintain two (2) facilities for the acute care treatment of persons with mental illness who have been committed by the chancery court pursuant to Section 41-21-61 et seq., which shall be known as the North Mississippi State Hospital and South Mississippi State Hospital. The South Mississippi State Hospital shall not be constructed or established until such time as sufficient funds have been appropriated or otherwise made available for that purpose by the Legislature.
MS Code § 41-19-253 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|North Mississippi State Hospital and South Mississippi State Hospital|§ 41-19-253. Location sites selected by State Board of Mental Health

 The facilities shall be located on sites selected by the State Board of Mental Health and approved by the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration. One (1) facility shall be located in the northern half of the state near an urban area or institution having adequate medical and hospital facilities, and one (1) facility shall be located in the southern half of the state near an urban area or institution having adequate medical and hospital facilities.
MS Code § 41-19-255 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|North Mississippi State Hospital and South Mississippi State Hospital|§ 41-19-255. Administration by State Board of Mental Health

  Out of funds provided therefor by the Legislature or from any other sources, the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to purchase or acquire the necessary land for the location of the facilities; or the Department of Finance and Administration may acquire the land by gift, deed, transfer or other legitimate means; or the facilities may be located on land belonging to the state or one of its political subdivisions. However, any such land selected shall be transferred or deeded to the State of Mississippi for the sole use of the State Board of Mental Health in carrying out the provisions of Sections 41-19-251 et seq. The general design of the facilities and all construction plans shall be approved and recommended by the State Department of Mental Health.   The facilities shall be administered by the State Board of Mental Health.
MS Code § 41-19-257 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|North Mississippi State Hospital and South Mississippi State Hospital|§ 41-19-257. Eligibility criteria for admission to the facilities

 Persons who have attained the age of eighteen (18) years, who have been determined to be a mentally ill person as defined in Section 41-21-61 and who have been committed for treatment by the chancery court pursuant to Section 41-21-61 et seq. shall be eligible for acute treatment at the facilities.
MS Code § 41-19-259 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|North Mississippi State Hospital and South Mississippi State Hospital|§ 41-19-259. Support and maintenance costs

 Persons admitted to the facilities shall be assessed support and maintenance costs in accordance with the provisions of the state reimbursement laws as they apply to other state institutions.
MS Code § 41-19-261 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|North Mississippi State Hospital and South Mississippi State Hospital|§ 41-19-261. Criminal penalties for certain actions in connection with the facilities or their patients

 Any person who (a) under the provisions of Sections 41-19-251 et seq. knowingly and unlawfully or improperly causes a person to be adjudged mentally ill, (b) procures the escape of a legally committed patient or knowingly conceals an escaped legally committed resident of the facility, or (c) unlawfully brings any firearm, deadly weapon or explosive into the facility or its grounds, or passes any thereof to patient, employee or officer of the facility, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), imprisonment for not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year, or both.
MS Code § 41-19-263 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|North Mississippi State Hospital and South Mississippi State Hospital|§ 41-19-263. North Mississippi State Hospital and South Mississippi State Hospital designated as state agencies

 The North Mississippi State Hospital and the South Mississippi State Hospital are designated as state agencies for carrying out the purposes of any act of the Congress of the United States of America existing on July 1, 1995, or enacted at any time after July 1, 1995, that pertains to mental illness.
MS Code § 41-19-271 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|Central Mississippi Residential Center|§ 41-19-271. Central Mississippi Residential Center established; purpose

 The purpose of Sections 41-19-271 through 41-19-281 is to create, equip, and maintain a residential facility for adults with chronic mental illness which shall be known as the Central Mississippi Residential Center.
MS Code § 41-19-273 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|Central Mississippi Residential Center|§ 41-19-273. Location and administration

 The center shall be located at the old Clarke College property in the City of Newton, and it shall be administered by the State Board of Mental Health.
MS Code § 41-19-275 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|Central Mississippi Residential Center|§ 41-19-275. Persons served

 The center shall serve persons who have attained the age of twenty-one (21) years with chronic mental illness who would benefit from a structured living environment.
MS Code § 41-19-277 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|Central Mississippi Residential Center|§ 41-19-277. Support and maintenance costs

 Persons admitted to the center shall be assessed support and maintenance costs in accordance with the provisions of the state reimbursement laws as they apply to other state facilities.
MS Code § 41-19-279 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|Central Mississippi Residential Center|§ 41-19-279. Possessing deadly weapon or explosive on grounds

 Any person who knowingly brings any firearm, deadly weapon or explosive into the center or its grounds, or passes any thereof to a resident, employee or officer of the center, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), imprisonment for not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year, or both.
MS Code § 41-19-281 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|Central Mississippi Residential Center|§ 41-19-281. Center as state agency for carrying out purposes of Congressional acts

 The center is designated as a state agency for carrying out the purposes of any act of the Congress of the United States of America existing on July 1, 1998, or enacted at any time after July 1, 1998, that pertains to mental illness.
MS Code § 41-19-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 19 - Facilities and Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness|Mississippi Adolescent Center in Brookhaven|§ 41-19-301. Mississippi Adolescent Center for juveniles with an intellectual disability in Brookhaven; admissions; construction; funding

  The Mississippi Adolescent Center located in Brookhaven, Mississippi, is recognized as now existing and shall be for the care and treatment of persons with an intellectual disability. The facility shall have the power to receive and hold property, real, personal and mixed, as a body corporate. The facility shall be under the direction and control of the State Board of Mental Health.   Admissions shall be limited to adolescents with an intellectual disability who have been committed to the center by a youth court judge or chancellor in accordance with Section 41-21-109, or who are voluntarily admitted to the center.   The Mississippi Adolescent Center is authorized to establish and operate a school to meet the educational needs of its clients.   With funds provided by the Legislature, by direct appropriation or authorized bond issue, with federal matching funds, or with any other available funds, the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management may construct and equip the necessary residential and service buildings and other facilities to care for the residents of the Mississippi Adolescent Center. The general design of the facility and all construction plans shall be approved and recommended by the State Department of Mental Health.   The Mississippi Adolescent Center shall be administered by the State Board of Mental Health. Provisions relating to the admission and care of residents at the facility shall be promulgated by the board.   Persons admitted to the Mississippi Adolescent Center shall be assessed support and maintenance costs in accordance with the provisions of the state reimbursement laws as they apply to other state institutions.   Any person who (a) knowingly and unlawfully or improperly causes a person to be adjudged to be a person with an intellectual disability, (b) procures the escape of a legally committed resident or knowingly conceals an escaped legally committed resident of the facility, or (c) unlawfully brings any firearm, deadly weapon or explosive into the facility or its grounds, or passes any thereof to a resident, employee or officer of the school, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), or more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), imprisonment for not less than six (6) months, or both.   The Mississippi Adolescent Center is designated as a state agency for carrying out the purposes of any act of the Congress of the United States, now existing or at any time hereafter enacted, pertaining to intellectual disabilities.
MS Code § 41-21-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 21 - Individuals with Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|In General|§ 41-21-35. Legal settlement of persons with mental illness and persons with an intellectual disability

 The rule as to the legal settlement of paupers shall apply in cases of persons with mental illness and persons with an intellectual disability.
MS Code § 41-21-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 21 - Individuals with Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Persons in Need of Mental Treatment|§ 41-21-63. Commitment proceedings; jurisdiction of chancery court and circuit court

  No person, other than persons charged with crime, shall be committed to a public treatment facility except under the provisions of Sections 41-21-61 through 41-21-107 or 43-21-611 or 43-21-315. However, nothing herein shall be construed to repeal, alter or otherwise affect the provisions of Section 35-5-31 or to affect or prevent the commitment of persons to the Veterans Administration or other agency of the United States under the provisions of and in the manner specified in those sections.     The chancery court, or the chancellor in vacation, shall have jurisdiction under Sections 41-21-61 through 41-21-107 except over persons with unresolved felony charges unless paragraph (b) of this subsection applies.   If a circuit court with jurisdiction over unresolved felony charges enters an order concluding that the person is incompetent to stand trial and is not restorable to competency in the foreseeable future, the matter should be referred to the chancery court to be subject to civil commitment procedures under Sections 41-21-61 through 41-21-107. The order of the circuit court shall be in lieu of the affidavit for commitment provided for in Section 41-21-65. The chancery court shall have jurisdiction and shall proceed with civil commitment procedures under Sections 41-21-61 through 41-21-107.     The circuit court shall have jurisdiction under Sections 99-13-7, 99-13-9 and 99-13-11.   Before the release of a person referred for civil commitment under this section and committed under Sections 41-21-61 through 41-21-107, the Department of Mental Health must notify the district attorney of the county where the offense was committed. The district attorney must notify the crime victim or a family member who has requested notification under Section 99-43-35 and the sheriffs of both the county where the offense was committed and the county of the committed person's destination.
MS Code § 41-21-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 21 - Individuals with Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Persons in Need of Mental Treatment|§ 41-21-69. Examination by appointed examiners; presence of attorney

    The appointed examiners shall immediately make a full inquiry into the condition of the person alleged to be in need of treatment and shall make a mental examination and physical evaluation of the person, and each examiner must make a report and certificate of the findings of all mental and acute physical problems to the clerk of the court. Each report and certificate must set forth the facts as found by the appointed examiner and must state whether the examiner is of the opinion that the proposed patient is suffering a disability defined in Sections 41-21-61 through 41-21-107 and should be committed to a treatment facility. The statement shall include the reasons for that opinion. The examination may be based upon a history provided by the patient and the report and certificate of findings shall include an identification of all mental and physical problems identified by the examination.   If the appointed examiner finds: (i) the respondent has mental illness; (ii) the respondent is capable of surviving safely in the community with available supervision from family, friends or others; (iii) based on the respondent's treatment history and other applicable medical or psychiatric indicia, the respondent is in need of treatment in order to prevent further disability or deterioration that would result in significant deterioration in the ability to carry out activities of daily living; and (iv) his or her current mental status or the nature of his or her illness limits or negates his or her ability to make an informed decision to seek voluntarily or comply with recommended treatment; the appointed examiners shall so show on the examination report and certification and shall recommend outpatient commitment. The appointed examiners shall also show the name, address and telephone number of the proposed outpatient treatment physician or facility.     The examinations shall be conducted and concluded within forty-eight (48) hours after the order for examination and appointment of attorney, and the certificates of the appointed examiners shall be filed with the clerk of the court within that time, unless the running of that period extends into nonbusiness hours, in which event the certificates must be filed at the beginning of the next business day. However, if the appointed examiners are of the opinion that additional time to complete the examination is necessary, and this fact is communicated to the chancery clerk or chancellor, the clerk or chancellor shall have authority to extend the time for completion of the examination and the filing of the certificate, the extension to be not more than eight (8) hours.   At the beginning of the examination, the respondent shall be told in plain language of the purpose of the examination, the possible consequences of the examination, of his or her right to refuse to answer any questions, and his or her right to have his or her attorney present.
MS Code § 41-21-70 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 21 - Individuals with Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Persons in Need of Mental Treatment|§ 41-21-70. Development of standards for training of psychiatrists and psychologists to perform mental examinations ordered under Section 99-13-11 and MRCrP 12; publication of list of psychiatrists and psychologists so trained

 The Department of Mental Health shall develop standards for the training of psychiatrists and psychologists to perform mental examinations ordered under Section 99-13-11 and Rule 12 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure. The department shall provide training on the standards and maintain and publish a list of psychiatrists and psychologists who have completed training to perform such evaluations.
MS Code § 41-21-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 21 - Individuals with Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Persons in Need of Mental Treatment|§ 41-21-71. Procedure after examination; release or confinement pending hearing

 If, as a result of the examination, the appointed examiners certify that the person is not in need of treatment, the chancellor or clerk shall dismiss the affidavit without the need for a further hearing. If the chancellor or chancery clerk finds, based upon the appointed examiners' certificates and any other relevant evidence, that the respondent is in need of treatment and the certificates are filed with the chancery clerk within forty-eight (48) hours after the order for examination, or extension of that time as provided in Section 41-21-69, the clerk shall immediately set the matter for a hearing. The hearing shall be set within seven (7) days of the filing of the certificates unless an extension is requested by the respondent's attorney. In no event shall the hearing be more than ten (10) days after the filing of the certificates.
MS Code § 41-21-74 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 21 - Individuals with Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Persons in Need of Mental Treatment|§ 41-21-74. Requirements for outpatient commitments

  If the commitment order directs outpatient treatment, the outpatient treatment physician may prescribe or administer to the respondent treatment consistent with accepted medical standards.   If the respondent fails or clearly refuses to comply with outpatient treatment, the director of the treatment facility, his designee or an interested person shall make all reasonable efforts to solicit the respondent's compliance. These efforts shall be documented and, if the respondent fails or clearly refuses to comply with outpatient treatment after such efforts are made, such efforts shall be documented with the court by affidavit. Upon the filing of the affidavit, the sheriff of the proper county is authorized to take the respondent into his custody.   The respondent may be returned to the treatment facility as soon thereafter as facilities are available. The respondent may request a hearing within ten (10) days of his return to the treatment facility. Such hearing shall be held pursuant to the requirements set forth in Section 41-21-81.   The chancery court of the county where the public facility is located or the committing court shall have jurisdiction over matters concerning outpatient commitments when such an order is sought subsequent to an inpatient course of treatment pursuant to Sections 41-21-61 through 41-21-107, 43-21-611, 99-13-7 and 99-13-9. An outpatient shall not have or be charged for a recommitment process within a period of twelve (12) months of the initial outpatient order.
MS Code § 41-21-76 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 21 - Individuals with Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Persons in Need of Mental Treatment|§ 41-21-76. Waiver of rights by respondent

 The respondent in any involuntary commitment proceeding held pursuant to the provisions of sections 41-21-61 through 41-21-107 may make a knowing and intelligent waiver of his rights in such proceeding, provided that the waiver is made by his attorney with the informed consent of the respondent and with the approval of the court. The reasons for the waiver shall be made a part of the record.