Under Section 5121 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, states will be required to provide screening, diagnostic, and targeted case management services to young people who are reentering from incarceration. CMS recently posted a slide deck on the requirements, which outlines relevant State Plan Amendment processes. CMS also recently issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for planning grants to promote continuity of care during reentry. Grant funds can be used to support Medicaid and reentry efforts, including establishing claims processing systems at correctional facilities, investing in IT to establish bidirectional data exchange between Medicaid and corrections, and setting up processes to screen for Medicaid and CHIP eligibility in correctional facilities. There are two application deadlines for this funding: November 26 for Cohort 1, and March 17 for Cohort 2.
