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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 249A.32 INMATES – ELIGIBILITY.
1 2 1. The department shall provide coverage under the medical
1 3 assistance program to eligible juveniles and adults who are
1 4 accused of a crime and are in the custody of the juvenile or
1 5 adult criminal justice system.
1 6 2. If eligibility under the medical assistance program is
1 7 suspended for an individual convicted of a crime who is an
1 8 inmate of a public institution, the department shall
1 9 redetermine the inmate's eligibility prior to release of the
1 10 inmate from the public institution in order to provide the
1 11 inmate with coverage under the medical assistance program
1 12 immediately upon release. For the purposes of this
1 13 subsection, "inmate of a public institution" means as provided
1 14 in 42 C.F.R. } 435.1008.
1 15 EXPLANATION
1 16 This bill relates to persons in the custody of the juvenile
1 17 or criminal justice system and inmates of public institutions
1 18 and their eligibility under the medical assistance program.
1 19 The bill requires the department of human services to
1 20 provide coverage under the medical assistance program to
1 21 eligible juveniles and adults who are accused of a crime and
1 22 are in the custody of the juvenile or adult criminal justice
1 23 system.
1 24 The bill also provides that if the eligibility under the
1 25 medical assistance program of an individual who has been
1 26 convicted of a crime and is an inmate of a public institution
1 27 has been suspended, the department must redetermine the
1 28 inmate's eligibility prior to release in order to provide
1 29 coverage under the medical assistance program immediately upon
1 30 the inmate's release.
1 31 LSB 2713XS 80
1 32 pf/cl/14
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