The purpose of Sections 41-19-201 through 41-19-213 is to create, construct, equip and maintain a center located in Central Mississippi for the care and treatment of persons with an intellectual disability, which shall be known as the Boswell Regional Center. Sections 41-19-201 through 41-19-213 shall not supersede Section 41-5-44, but shall be supplemental to that […]
The center shall be located on the site of the Tuberculosis Sanatorium of Mississippi. With funds provided by the Legislature, by direct appropriation or authorized bond issue, with federal matching funds, or with any other available funds, the state building commission is authorized to construct and equip the necessary residential and service buildings and other […]
A person may be deemed eligible for admission to the center if: His parents or guardian or person in loco parentis has resided in the state not less than one (1) year prior to the date of admission; and He is at least five (5) years of age and has such an intellectual disability that […]
Admission of an eligible person to the center shall be as follows: The parents or guardian or person in loco parentis of any person thought to have an intellectual disability may file an application for admission to the center. Such application shall be made on an official form approved or furnished by the center. Within […]
Persons admitted to the center shall be assessed support and maintenance costs in accordance with the provisions of the state reimbursement laws as they apply to other state institutions.
Any person who (a) under the provisions of Section 41-19-207, knowingly and unlawfully or improperly causes a person to be adjudged to be a person with an intellectual disability, (b) procures the escape of a legally committed resident or knowingly conceals an escaped legally committed resident of the center, or (c) unlawfully brings any firearm, […]
The Boswell Regional Center is designated as a state agency for carrying out the purposes of any act of the Congress of the United States of America now existing or at any time hereafter enacted pertaining to intellectual disabilities.
