California’s waiver, called California’s Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM), and the specific component focused on individuals who are transitioning out of the criminal justice system, the Justice Involved (JI) initiative, will for the first time provide a targeted set of Medicaid-covered services right before someone is released from prison or jail.
A new look into addiction treatment availability in the U.S. criminal justice system reveals that fewer than half (43.8%) of 1,028 jails surveyed across the nation offered any form of medication for opioid use disorder, and only 12.8% made these available to anyone with the disorder.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Review the recommendations, treatments, and policy strategies used to promote Hepatitis C virus (HCV) opt-out universal HCV screening and treatment in jails.
Review the recommendations, treatments, and policy strategies used to promote Hepatitis C virus (HCV) opt-out universal HCV screening and treatment in 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.
Authors outline recommendations for using Medicare to pay for OUD care while incarcerated, including recommended services, standards, and measures for Medicaid-covered OUD services.
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.