Appropriation; Department of Mental Health to expand outpatient and community-based services for certain formerly incarcerated state inmates.

HB 1692 proposes allocating $1 million from Mississippi's general fund to the Department of Mental Health for expanding outpatient and community-based mental health services. It specifically targets formerly incarcerated individuals diagnosed with mental illness during their time in state correctional facilities who are no longer incarcerated. The bill would have directed up to $500,000 of this funding to community mental health centers to support these services, effective for fiscal year 2026. However, the bill died in committee on February 26, 2025, and did not advance to become law.