HB 1738

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO CONVENE AN UNEXPECTED FATALITY REVIEW TEAM CONCERNING INMATE DEATHS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF AN UNEXPECTED FATALITY REVIEW IS TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND LEGISLATURE REGARDING CHANGES IN PRACTICES TO PREVENT CERTAIN FATALITIES PERTAINING TO INMATES; TO PROVIDE THAT AFTER A REVIEW IS CONDUCTED BY A TEAM, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF A REVIEW; TO REQUIRE ALL UNEXPECTED FATALITY REVIEW REPORTS BE POSTED ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE; TO REQUIRE, UPON THE COMPLETION OF A REVIEW, THE DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE REVIEW TEAM AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN; TO AMEND SECTION 25-61-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-61-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PERTAINS TO CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC RECORDS ACCT OF 1983, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.