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DHS outlines prerelease Medicaid coverage in 1115 waiver: 30 days of meds, one year of coverage for prioritized reentrants
Summary
Department officials described a Section 1115 waiver that allows Medicaid coverage to begin before release from incarceration for prioritized individuals, covering 90% of costs with federal funds and enabling warm handoffs to community care; the department estimates roughly 7,000 people would be assisted under the program.
HARRISBURG — The Department of Human Services described a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver that the department says will allow health coverage and prerelease care planning for certain people leaving incarceration.
Secretary Acush told the committee the waiver was approved late in 2024 and would allow Medicaid flexibility the state had not previously had. She said the federal match would…
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