Medical and Behavioral Health

Substance Abuse Videos

The eight videos included in this resource are brief, informative videos to enhance learners’ awareness and foster a deeper understanding on topics related to substance withdrawal management. These videos also serve as tools to address myths and misconceptions about substance use, substance use disorders, and substance withdrawal.

Provision of Medicaid and CHIP Services to Incarcerated Youth

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA, 2023) includes two provisions impacting the availability of certain state plan services for incarcerated youth in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The CAA, 2023 also includes another provision that modifies CHIP eligibility requirements for children who become incarcerated. All of these provisions are effective January 1, 2025.

From Policy to Practice: Seizing the Moment to Transform Health and Reentry – Convening Summary and Stakeholder Perspectives

This issue brief expands on recent HARP publications analyzing the role that Medicaid can play in meeting the health needs of people as they return to communities after incarceration.

Medicaid’s New Role in Advancing Reentry: Key Policy Changes Spring

For the first time, Medicaid is being authorized to cover some health services for individuals in the period before they are released from incarceration. This fact sheet summarizes recent changes that are taking effect.

Using Technology to Enhance Treatment and Recovery for People in the Criminal Justice System

Review the recommendations, treatments, and policy strategies used to promote Hepatitis C virus (HCV) opt-out universal HCV screening and treatment in jails.

Advancing Hepatitis C Elimination through Opt-Out Universal Screening and Treatment in Carceral Settings

Review the recommendations, treatments, and policy strategies used to promote Hepatitis C virus (HCV) opt-out universal HCV screening and treatment in jails.

Urgent Maternal Warning Signs

Outline of maternal/pregnancy warning signs.

Shackling and Pregnancy Care Policies in US Prisons and Jails

The objective of this study was to assess prison and jail pregnancy policies and practices with an emphasis on restraint use and compliance with anti-shackling legislation.

Recommendations for Medicaid Payment Models for Opioid Use Disorder Services in Jails and Prisons

Authors outline recommendations for using Medicare to pay for OUD care while incarcerated, including recommended services, standards, and measures for Medicaid-covered OUD services.

Jail Healthcare Staffing in the US Southeast: a Cross-Sectional Survey

Authors describe jail healthcare staffing among jails in the southeast. Jails annually incarcerate millions of people with health problems, yet jail healthcare services have not been well described.