Title
Approve the Agreement with the California State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), retroactive to July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, for reimbursement of eligible inpatient medical expenses for inmates at the Monterey County Jail through the Medi-Cal for Inmate Program (MCIP).
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve the Agreement with the California State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), retroactive to July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, for reimbursement of eligible inpatient medical expenses for inmates at the Monterey County Jail through the Medi-Cal for Inmate Program (MCIP).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSIION:
The Monterey County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) requests approval of this agreement. This agreement was previously done by the County Administrative Office and therefore was not listed as a MCSO agreement. The expiration of the previous agreement was realized when MCSO was notified by Natividad that Medi-Cal claims were being denied.
On October 8, 2013 California Assembly Bill No. 720, Chapter 646 was passed, adding Section 4011.11 to the Penal Code and amending Section 14011.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code relating to inmates. These legislative actions created the Medi-Cal for Inmates program (MCIP), with a start date of January 1, 2014. Prior to the creation of this program, all medical care costs of inmates were borne by the County where inmate was incarcerated.
The program has three sections covering Adults, Juvenile Wards and the compassionate release of terminally ill inmates. Adult prisoners meeting Medi-Cal eligibility guidelines are eligible to have inpatient hospital stays, in a non-correctional care facility, of 24 hours or more covered by Medi-Cal. The Adult eligibility piece of the program serves as the main focus of this board report, as Probation has had few claims in recent history.
One of the action items deemed necessary to enable the enrollment of these inpatient prisoner...
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