Title 25, Public Officers and Employees; Public Records

Each eligible employee may participate in the plan by signing up for the plan at the time of employment. Each eligible employee who declines coverage under the plan must sign a waiver of coverage. After acceptance in the plan, the employee may cease his or her participation by fi…

Any elected state or district official who does not run for reelection or who is defeated before being entitled to receive a retirement allowance shall be eligible to continue to participate in the State and School Employees Health Insurance Plan under the same conditions and cov…

(1) The board is authorized to determine the manner in which premiums and contributions by the state agencies, local school districts, colleges, universities, community/junior colleges and public libraries shall be collected to provide the self-insured health insurance program fo…

The public school districts of the state, in their discretion, may pay with local funds one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of the health insurance premiums of the State and School Employees Health Insurance Plan for all retired members of the Public Employees’ Retirement Syst…

(1) Any benefits payable under the plan may be made either directly to the attending physicians, hospitals, medical groups, or others furnishing the services upon which a claim is based, or to the covered employee, upon presentation of valid bills for such services, subject to su…

On or before July 1, 1972, the board shall notify all department, agency and institution heads that the employee deductions shall commence on said date.

No agency, board, school district, community/junior college, public library, university, institution or authority of the state shall withdraw, or authorize any agency or institution under its management and control to withdraw, from the State and School Employees Life and Health …

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “ARPA-DFA-Office of Insurance Lost Revenue Fund,” which shall consist of funds made available by the Legislature in any manner and funds from any other source designated for deposit into such fund. The …

(a) For the purposes of this article, the words and phrases used herein shall have the following meanings:(a) “Employee” means a person who works full time for the State of Mississippi and receives his compensation in a direct payment from a department, agency or institution of t…

(1) The board shall administer the plan and is authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for its administration, subject to the terms and limitations contained in this article. (2) The board shall develop a five-year strategic plan for the insurance plan establishe…

Such health insurance shall not include expense incurred by or on account of an individual prior to July 1, 1972, as to him; dental care and treatment, except dental surgery and appliances to the extent necessary for the correction of damage caused by accidental injury while cove…

(1) (a) The board shall design a plan of health insurance for state employees that provides benefits for semiprivate rooms in addition to other incidental coverages that the board deems necessary. The amount of the coverages shall be in such reasonable amount as may be determined…

The governing board of any county, municipality, municipal separate school district, other school district or community/junior college district, and the governing board or head of any institution, department or agency of any county or municipality may negotiate for and secure for…

(1) The maximum amount of group insurance or other coverage used in determining employer’s limitation of one hundred percent (100%) of such costs shall be determined by regulations promulgated by the governing board or head of any political subdivision, school district, junior co…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 25-15-101 and 25-15-103, Mississippi Code of 1972, to the contrary, the board of trustees of municipal separate school districts serving students of regular armed forces parents and other federally employed parents in federally impacted …

The Military Department is authorized and empowered to procure and pay for group death and dismemberment insurance coverage to protect members of the National Guard and their estates, or their named beneficiaries, to the extent of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per per…

(1) As used in this section, the following words have the meanings as defined in this subsection:(a) “State Sponsored Life Insurance Program” or “program” means the life insurance program offered exclusively to the members of the Mississippi National Guard through the National Gu…

(1) The board may contract the administration and service of the self-insured program to a third party. Whenever the board chooses to contract with an administrator for the insurance plan established by Section 25-15-3 et seq., it shall comply with the procedures set forth in thi…

(1) There is created the State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board, which shall administer the State and School Employees Life and Health Insurance Plan provided for under Section 25-15-3 et seq. The State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board,…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi First Responders Health and Safety Act” and may also be referred to as the “Arson Investigator Danny Benton and Police Chief Henry Manuel, Sr., Act.”

(a) For purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Cancer” means a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body or a malignant growth or tumor resulting …

(1) As an alternative to pursuing workers’ compensation benefits, upon a diagnosis of cancer, a first responder is entitled to the following benefits:(a) Provided the diagnosis occurs on or after the first responder’s effective date of coverage, a lump-sum benefit of Thirty-five …

The costs of purchasing an insurance policy that provides for cancer coverage in compliance with this article, or the costs of providing such benefits through a self-funded system in compliance with this article, must be borne solely by the employer that employs the eligible firs…

(1) The state, municipality, county or fire protection district shall, no later than January 1, 2024, show proof of insurance coverage that meets the requirements of this article to the Commissioner of Insurance, or shall show satisfactory proof of the ability to pay such compens…

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “Mississippi First Responders Health and Safety Trust Fund” to be administered by the Commissioner of Insurance, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to assist the state, municipalities, counties and …

(a) For purposes of this chapter:(a) “State agency” means every state institution, board, commission, council, department or unit thereof created by the Mississippi Constitution or statutes.(b) “Local governmental entity” means any county, municipality, school district, public ho…

(1) For the purpose of this section as it pertains to Section 89 of the Internal Revenue Code, “administrator” means any corporation, person or other entity which provides qualification and discrimination testing services in compliance with Section 89 of the Internal Revenue Code…

Notwithstanding any other benefit plan offered to any eligible employee of a state agency or local governmental entity, all state agencies shall, and any local governmental entity may contract for and adopt a benefit plan that meets the requirements of a cafeteria plan as defined…

(1) Contributions to cover the cost of benefits provided under a cafeteria plan authorized by Section 25-17-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be paid by the eligible employee pursuant to a salary reduction agreement. The state agency or local governmental entity shall be authori…

(1) The amount by which an eligible employee’s salary is reduced pursuant to a salary reduction agreement authorized under Section 25-17-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall continue to be included as compensation for the purpose of computing state retirement benefits, provided thi…

(1) For the purpose of this section, “provider” means any insurance company, corporation, person or other entity which provides benefits included in, or administrative services related to, cafeteria plans. (2) The State Auditor shall compile a list of providers of cafeteria plans…

(1) As used in this section:(a) “Eligible employee” means an employee of a public employer that is not subject to the provisions of Section 25-3-37 and meets the eligibility criteria set forth in the rules and regulations of the public employer.(b) “Public employer” means any age…

(1) The district attorney shall possess all the qualifications of county officers and, in addition thereto, shall be a resident of the district in which he or she seeks election for five (5) years immediately preceding the day of the election, shall be a regular licensed and prac…

(1) Any district attorney may appoint a full-time criminal investigator. (2) The district attorneys of the Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Twentieth and Twenty-second Circuit Court Districts may appoint one (1) ad…

In addition to the salaries, expenses and fringe benefits of district attorneys and legal assistants authorized by Section 25-3-35(5) and (6) and criminal investigators authorized by Section 25-31-10(5), the salary of a district attorney may be supplemented in an amount not to ex…

(1) It shall be the duty of the district attorney to represent the state in all matters coming before the grand juries of the counties within his district and to appear in the circuit courts and prosecute for the state in his district all criminal prosecutions and all civil cases…

The district attorney shall attend the deliberations of the grand jury whenever he may be required by the grand jury, and shall give the necessary information as to the law governing each case, in order that the same may be presented in the manner required by law.

All accounts of a public nature, before they are allowed by the circuit court, shall be presented to the district attorney; and his opinion concerning the validity of the same, and whether the same should be allowed or disallowed, shall be obtained in writing and presented to the…

It shall be the duty of the district attorney, when requested by the county depository or the board of supervisors, or the clerk thereof, to give his opinion in writing upon all cases concerning the revenue or expenses of the county, and with the approval of the Attorney General …

The several district attorneys, with the Attorney General, are hereby authorized to institute or defend any suits arising out of any act or order of the tax commission or the public service commission affecting the laws and revenues of the state, and are also clothed with such ot…

(1) If, at the time of impaneling the grand jury in any circuit court, the district attorney be absent or unable to perform his duties or, if after impaneling of the grand jury, the district attorney be absent or unable to perform his duties or be disqualified, the court shall fo…

The district attorney, at each term of the circuit court, shall carefully examine the minutes of the preceding terms and the execution docket, to see that executions have been issued for all fines, penalties, and forfeitures adjudged at such terms, and that the same have been pro…

When it may be necessary and proper for the enforcement or collection of any judgment or debt in favor of the state, or any officer thereof in his official capacity, or of any county, the district attorney with the approval of the attorney general shall institute and prosecute, i…

No district attorney of this state, without the consent in writing of the attorney general, shall institute or prosecute any civil suit for a violation of the antitrust statutes of this state; and no court shall take cognizance of any such suit without such written consent of the…

The district attorneys of the several circuit court districts in the State of Mississippi shall furnish the superintendent of the Mississippi state penitentiary and the probation and parole board, within fifteen days after adjournment of each term of court, a written report on ea…

(1) In any circuit court district bordering on the Gulf Coast wherein U.S. Highway 90 and U.S. Highway 49 intersect, there is hereby created and established the Office of Criminal Records of such district or districts, the affairs of which office shall be managed and controlled b…