{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-47-5-179","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-179","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-179","body":"(1) The responsibility for paying the expenses of nonemergency medical care, treatment and medicine of an inmate is the responsibility of the inmate receiving the care, treatment and medicine.\n\n(2) The Department of Corrections is authorized to deduct the payment for nonemergency medical care, treatment and medicine from an inmate’s account and accept payment from other reimbursement programs.","path":["MS Code","Title 47"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"c3004f7121d4e0fb0e3ce018b27dcb5cebe7846d61bfe5a1c32d5b4c7f6e9f71","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-47-5-178","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-47-5-180"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}