Sec. 20.4. (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;
and the department of correction gives the division at least forty (40) days notice that a person will be released from a facility described in subsection (a)(1)(C) or (a)(2), the division of family resources shall take action necessary to ensure that a person described in subsection (a) is eligible to participate in the Medicaid program upon the person's release, if the person is eligible to participate.
As added by P.L.114-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2010, SEC.57; P.L.185-2015, SEC.9; P.L.152-2017, SEC.3; P.L.57-2021, SEC.1.
Structure Indiana Code
12-15-1-1. Administration of Medicaid Program
12-15-1-2. Agents of the Division of Family Resources
12-15-1-3. Supervision of County Offices
12-15-1-4. Written Protocols; Contracts Implementing State Program
12-15-1-8. Receipt of Assistance in Adult Category Before January 1, 1974; Automatic Coverage
12-15-1-9. Application to County Offices
12-15-1-10. Administrative Actions and Directions; Adoption of Procedures and Rules
12-15-1-13. Annual Effectiveness Evaluation
12-15-1-14. Effectiveness Evaluation; Annual Report to Legislative Council
12-15-1-17. Reimbursement From Parent for Health Services Provided to Child
12-15-1-18. Use of Funds to Encourage Application and Enrollment of Minors
12-15-1-19. Contracts With Community Entities
12-15-1-20.2. Computer System for Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment Program; Hci; Upl
12-15-1-20.4. Suspension of Medicaid for Delinquent Child or Incarcerated Individual
12-15-1-21. Single Electronic Medicaid Eligibility Verification System
12-15-1-21.7. Life Insurance Policy Treatment
12-15-1-22. Visit to Medicaid Provider Offices, Entities, or Facilities; Rules