Indiana § 12-15-1-20.4 Suspension of Medicaid; notice of release; eligibility and services

Indiana Statutes

§ 12-15-1-20.4 — Suspension of Medicaid; notice of release; eligibility and services

Indiana § 12-15-1-20.4

Art. 15MEDICAID

Ch. 1Administration

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Ind. Code § 12-15-1-20.4 (2026).

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(a)If a Medicaid recipient is:

(1)adjudicated to be a delinquent child and placed in:

(A)a community based correctional facility for children;

(B)a juvenile detention facility; or

(C)a secure facility, not including a facility licensed as a child caring institution under IC 31-27; or

(2)incarcerated in a prison or jail; and ineligible to participate in the Medicaid program during the placement described in subdivision (1) or (2) because of federal Medicaid law, the division of family resources, upon notice that a child has been adjudicated to be a delinquent child and placed in a facility described in subdivision (1) or upon notice that a person is incarcerated in a prison or jail and placed in a facility described in subdivision (2), shall suspend the person's participation in th

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4. (a) If a Medicaid recipient is:
(1) adjudicated to be a delinquent child and placed in:
(A) a community based correctional facility for children;
(B) a juvenile detention facility; or
(C) a secure facility, not including a facility licensed as a child
caring institution under IC 31-27; or
(2) incarcerated in a prison or jail; and
ineligible to participate in the Medicaid program during the placement
described in subdivision (1) or (2) because of federal Medicaid law, the
division of family resources, upon notice that a child has been
adjudicated to be a delinquent child and placed in a facility described
in subdivision (1) or upon notice that a person is incarcerated in a
prison or jail and placed in a facility described in subdivision (2), shall
suspend the person's participation in the Medicaid program.
(b) If the division of family resources receives:
(1) a dispositional decree under IC 31-37-19-28; or
(2) a modified disposition order under IC 31-37-22-9;
regarding a person described in subsection (a)(2) and the department
of correction gives the division of family resources at least forty (40)
days notice that the person will be released from a facility described in
subsection (a)(2), the division of family resources shall take action
necessary to ensure that the person is eligible to participate in the
Medicaid program upon the person's release, if the person is eligible to
participate.
(c) A facility described in subsection (a)(1) shall, not less than
forty-five (45) days before the release date of a person placed in the
facility as described in subsection (a)(1), provide notice of the person's
release date to the division of family resources. The division of family
resources shall take action necessary to ensure that the person is
eligible to:
(1) participate in the Medicaid program upon the person's release,
if the person is eligible to participate; and
(2) receive services mandated under 42 U.S.C. 1396a for thirty
(30) days before the person's release date and for thirty (30) days
after the person's release date.