Mississippi legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi HB883: Appropriation; Department of Mental Health to expand outpatient and community-based services for certain formerly incarcerated state inmates.
Status: Failed, February 25, 2026
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPANDING OUTPATIENT SERVICES AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR FORMER INMATES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WHO WERE DIAGNOSED WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS WHILE HOUSED WITHIN A STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND WHO ARE NO LONGER INCARCERATED WITHIN A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AS PROVIDED IN HOUSE BILL NO. , 2026 REGULAR SESSION, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027.
What the bill says
An act making an appropriation to the state department of mental health for the purpose of expanding outpatient services and community-based services for former inmates of the department of corrections who were diagnosed with a mental illness while housed within a state correctional institution of the department of corrections and who are no longer incarcerated within a correctional institution of the department of corrections, as provided in house bill no. , 2026 regular session, for the fiscal year 2027.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPANDING OUTPATIENT SERVICES AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR FORMER INMATES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WHO WERE DIAGNOSED WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS WHILE HOUSED WITHIN A STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND WHO ARE NO LONGER INCARCERATED WITHIN A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AS PROVIDED IN HOUSE BILL NO. , 2026 REGULAR SESSION, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the State Department of Mental Health for the purpose of expanding outpatient services and community-based services for former inmates of the Department of Corrections who were diagnosed with a mental illness while housed within a state correctional institution of the Department of Corrections and who are no longer incarcerated within a correctional institution of the Department of Corrections, as provided in House Bill No. , 2026 Regular Session, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027...... *HR43/R1127* H. B. No. 883 ~ OFFICIAL ~ A1/2 26/HR43/R1127 PAGE 1 (RF\KP) .................................................... $ 1,000,000.00 SECTION 2. The Department …