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. § 41-17-1
Establishment of state hospitals and facilities for persons with mental illness
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 429 So. 2d 574 - Chill v. MISS. HOSP. REIMBURSEMENT COM'N (1983)
Most recently applied in Spencer Ivy v. East Mississippi State Hospital (May 2016)
Codes, 1892, § 2830; 1906, § 3211; Hemingway’s 1917, § 5553; 1930, § 4568; 1942, § 6901; Laws, 2002, ch. 350, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 2002.
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