MCA Chapter 17

in effect

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-17-1 Establishment of state hospitals and facilities for persons with mental illness.

Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield, East Mississippi State Hospital at Meridian, North Mississippi State Hospital at Tupelo, South Mississippi State Hospital at Purvis, the Specialized Treatment Facility for the Emotionally Disturbed in Harrison County, and the Central Mississippi Residential Center at Newton are established for the care and treatment of persons with mental illness, free of charge, except as otherwise provided.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-17-3 East Mississippi State Hospital.

The state psychiatric hospital and institution established at Meridian by the Act of March 8, 1882, shall continue to exist as a body politic and corporate, under the name of the “East Mississippi State Hospital,” with all the privileges conferred and the duties enjoined by law. It may hold and use, as required by law, all the property, real and personal, belonging to or that may be given to it for the purposes of its establishment.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-17-5 Repealed.

Repealed by Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 50, effective from and after July 1, 2008. § 41-17-5 . [Codes, 1857, ch. 12, art. 6; 1871, § 2090; 1880, § 656; 1892, § 2820; 1906, § 3201; Hemingway’s 1917, § 5718; 1930, § 4553; 1942, § 6886; Laws, 1898, ch. 67.] § 41-17-7 . [Codes, 1857, ch. 12, art. 9; 1871, § 2100; 1880, § 658; 1892, § 2829; 1906, § 3210; Hemingway’s 1917, § 5727; 1930, § 4561; 1942, § 6894.] § 41-17-9 . [Codes, 1906, § 3229; Hemingway’s 1917, § 5571; 1930, § 4566; 1942, § 6899; Laws, 1932, ch. 273.] Editor’s Notes — Former § 41-17-5 provided certain visitation duties for directors of mental hospitals. Former § 41-17-7 provided that resident mental hospital officers were exempt from jury service. Former § 41-17-9 required that a drug store be kept at each mental hospital.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-17-11 Furnishing of care for veterans.

The directors of the state institutions listed in Section 41-7-73 each may receive any monies that the United States government may offer as federal aid in taking care of and giving special attention to those persons who served with the Armed Forces of the United States during time of war and who are now in or may hereafter be in any of those state institutions. Each of those directors may expend that part of the money paid to him or his institution, according to his best judgment and the requirements of the United States government under which the money is received.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-17-13 Repealed.

Repealed by Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 50, effective from and after July 1, 2008. [Codes, 1942, § 6883-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 425, §§ 1-3.]