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On October 9, the California Department of Health Care Services announced that three counties—Inyo, Santa Clara, and Yuba—were approved to provide a targeted set of Medicaid services to youth and adults in state prisons, county jails, and youth correctional facilities for up to 90 days prior to release. By providing reentry services to Medicaid-enrolled individuals who are incarcerated, California aims to build a bridge to community-based care for justice-involved enrollees, offering them services to stabilize their physical and behavioral health conditions and establishing, prior to release, a reentry plan for their community-based care. California is the first state in the nation to start delivering pre-release Medicaid services. All counties are expected to go-live with implementing this initiative by October 1, 2026.
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