SAMHSA report on model program that provides Medicaid coverage on release from state prison

Federal and state officials have grown increasingly concerned about the large number of individuals with serious mental illness who leave state prisons without health insurance and therefore without access to treatments and services to help them live successfully in the community and avoid recidivism and use of emergency care. Their disability and low income would qualify many for Medicaid, but complex eligibility rules and application procedures have created barriers.

Publication Date: 
2010
Pages: 
851
Volume: 
61
Issue: 
8
Journal Name: 
Psychiatric Services