SB 2727

An act to amend section 43-15-201, mississippi code of 1972, to clarify that placement of a child IN a baby safety device is a termination of parental rights and to remove the reference to a person designated by the parent; To amend section 43-15-203, mississippi code of 1972, to require the youth court IN the county where a baby safety device is located to hold a shelter hearing within 48 hours of the department of child protection services assuming the care, control and custody of the child; To amend section 43-21-551, mississippi code of 1972, to include a child that has been surrendered to a baby safety device to the language requiring an adjudicatory hearing to be held within 90 days after the filing of the petition; To amend section 43-21-603, mississippi code of 1972, to provide that reasonable efforts to maintain a child within a home shall not be required when a child has been surrendered to a baby safety device; To amend section 43-21-451, mississippi code of 1972, to provide that proceedings when a child has been surrendered to a baby safety device shall be initiated by the filing of a petition IN youth court; To amend section 93-15-109, mississippi code of 1972, to authorize a parent to surrender a child by placing the baby IN a baby safety device; To amend section 43-15-205, mississippi code of 1972, to conform; And for related purposes.