联邦批准康涅狄格州出狱前60天医疗补助：每年逾1.2万名出狱者可不断诊疗
康涅狄格州州长内德·拉蒙特（Ned Lamont）11月6日宣布，联邦医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）已批准该州的提案：符合条件的服刑人员在出狱前60天即可开始由医疗补助（Medicaid）覆盖，州政府将在过渡期为他们衔接出狱后的医疗、心理健康与戒毒治疗。
联邦规定长期以来禁止医疗补助覆盖在押人员。康涅狄格州社会服务厅与惩教厅认为，这一断档是服刑人员出狱后难以站稳的障碍之一。新计划旨在帮助这一群体管理包括物质使用障碍在内的慢性健康问题，在惩教场所、州机构、医疗与社会服务单位和社区团体之间建立衔接。
拉蒙特表示：「自上任以来，我的政府一直致力于扩大全州居民获得高质量医疗的机会。这项计划将帮助人们在重返社区时持续获得医疗、心理健康服务和戒毒治疗。在出狱前就把人连接到护理上，可以挽救生命、支持成功重返社会，帮助建设更安全、更稳定的社区。」
CMS 同时表示，康涅狄格州自2022年4月起实施的 HUSKY 会员住院及住院型物质使用治疗联邦报销将继续保留。这项计划与报销安排均由州社会服务厅牵头，联合惩教厅、心理健康与戒毒服务厅、儿童与家庭厅以及司法部门法院支持服务处共同推进。
惩教厅长莎朗达·卡洛斯（Sharonda Carlos）表示，康涅狄格州惩教设施每年释放12,000名成年人与650名青少年，新计划意味着他们离所时能获得继续服药、按时就诊所需的支持，目标是让他们不再重返司法系统。社会服务厅长安德烈娅·巴顿·里夫斯（Andrea Barton Reeves）表示，在人们离开关押前就覆盖戒毒治疗并衔接医疗与其他服务，能帮助他们保持健康、在社区重建生活。
州参议员凯茜·奥斯滕（Cathy Osten）指出，康涅狄格州三分之一的在押人员患有需要持续治疗的精神健康障碍，90%有物质使用障碍病史或现患该障碍，这项豁免将使他们的过渡更安全、更成功。
（来源：康涅狄格州州长办公室）
Federal Government Approves Connecticut Plan to Start Medicaid 60 Days Before Release
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced on November 6 that the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the state's proposal to begin Medicaid coverage 60 days before eligible individuals are released from correctional facilities.
Federal rules long barred Medicaid from covering people while they were incarcerated, a gap the Connecticut Department of Social Services and Department of Correction viewed as a barrier to helping people succeed after release. The initiative is intended to help justice-involved individuals manage chronic health concerns, including substance use disorders, by strengthening connections among carceral settings, state agencies, health and social service entities and community groups.
"Since taking office, my administration has worked to expand access to high-quality health care for people across Connecticut," Governor Lamont said. "This initiative will help ensure folks continue receiving medical care, mental health services, and substance use treatment as they return to the community. Connecting people to care before their release can save lives, support successful reentry, and help build safer, more stable communities."
CMS also stated that Connecticut will continue to receive federal reimbursement for HUSKY members' residential and inpatient substance use treatment, in effect since April 2022. Both programs will be led by the Department of Social Services in collaboration with the Department of Correction, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department of Children and Families, and the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch.
Department of Correction Commissioner Sharonda Carlos said that for the 12,000 adults and 650 adolescents released from Connecticut's correctional facilities each year, the initiative means people will leave with the support they need to take their medications and keep their appointments, with the goal of not reentering the justice system. State Senator Cathy Osten noted that one-third of Connecticut's incarcerated individuals have active mental health disorders requiring ongoing treatment and 90% have a history of or a current substance use disorder.
(Source: Connecticut Governor's Office)
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