TAM SIM NO, CALIFORNIA muab MEDI-CAL kev pabcuam rau cov neeg rov qab los tsev tom qab raug kaw​​ 

SACRAMENTO — Hauv ib kauj ruam loj rau kev ncaj ncees hauv kev noj qab haus huv hauv California, Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv (DHCS) tau tshaj tawm tias peb lub nroog California—Inyo, Santa Clara, thiab Yuba— tau txais kev pom zoo txij li lub Kaum Hli 1 los pib muab cov kev pabcuam Medi-Cal rau cov neeg rov qab mus rau cov zej zog tom qab raug kaw. Txhua lub nroog hauv California yuav tsum tau ua qhov kev pib no ua ntej lub Kaum Hli Ntuj hnub tim 1, 2026.​​ 

The Justice-Involved Reentry Initiative provides crucial medical and behavioral health services for Medi-Cal eligible adults and youth in state prisons, county jails, and youth correctional facilities in the 90 days before their release. This initiative will help stabilize chronic and significant clinical health conditions, including mental illness and substance use disorders, and will facilitate a coordinated reentry to support smoother transitions and improve public health and safety. Further, the Justice-Involved Reentry Initiative will close equity gaps and improve health outcomes for people who are or have been incarcerated. Equity is a key driver of the initiative as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals are over-represented in California prisons and jails.​​ 

"Cov kev pabcuam hloov pauv no yuav muaj kev cuam tshuam mus ntev rau cov neeg rov qab mus rau lawv cov zej zog los ntawm kev ua kom lawv tau txais kev saib xyuas uas lawv xav tau," Tus Thawj Coj DHCS Michelle Baass tau hais. Los ntawm kev muab kev nkag mus rau cov kev pabcuam kev noj qab haus huv tseem ceeb, qhov kev pib no pab tib neeg tswj lawv txoj kev noj qab haus huv thaum lub sijhawm tseem ceeb hauv lawv lub neej thiab txo qhov yuav mus ntsib chav kho mob ceev lossis mus pw hauv tsev kho mob yav tom ntej.​​ 

California yog thawj lub xeev hauv lub tebchaws uas tau txais kev pom zoo los ntawm tsoomfwv thiab siv txoj haujlwm keeb kwm no. Txog thaum California tau txais kev pom zoo, cov xeev tsis tau tso cai siv tsoomfwv cov nyiaj Medicaid hauv cov tsev loj cuj hauv xeev, cov tsev loj cuj hauv nroog, thiab cov chaw kaw cov tub ntxhais hluas kom txhawb nqa cov tib neeg uas tab tom npaj rov qab nkag mus rau hauv zej zog. Raws li txoj cai lij choj tshiab hauv xeev, txhua lub nroog hauv California yuav tsum tau ua qhov kev pib no ua ntej lub Kaum Hli 1, 2026, thiab yuav raug muab faib ua ntu zus hauv txhua peb lub hlis.​​ 

ABOUT THE PROGRAM: Pre-release services will focus on comprehensive care management and include physical and behavioral health consultations, lab and radiology services, medications and services for mental health and substance use disorders, community health worker services, and medications and durable medical equipment provided to the individual at the time of release.​​ 

The Justice-Involved Reentry Initiative is focused on ensuring Medi-Cal members have continuity of coverage and are supported to access key services to help them successfully return to their communities. Medi-Cal members who receive pre-release services in prison, jail, or a youth correctional facility will receive a comprehensive care transition plan to coordinate the medical, behavioral, and social services that will support them in the critical days and weeks following release.​​ 

Ntxiv mus, txhua tus tswv cuab koom nrog tsim nyog tau txais Kev Tswj Xyuas Kev Kho Mob Zoo Dua (ECM) los ntawm lawv txoj kev npaj kho mob Medi-Cal thaum tso tawm. Ua ke, cov kev pabcuam ua ntej tso tawm thiab kev txuas ntxiv ntawm cov kev pabcuam thiab kev sib koom tes saib xyuas tom qab tso tawm yuav txhim kho cov txiaj ntsig kev noj qab haus huv rau cov tswv cuab Medi-Cal thoob plaws qhov kev hloov pauv tseem ceeb no thiab ua kom California cov hom phiaj kev ncaj ncees hauv kev noj qab haus huv nce ntxiv.​​ 

"Qhov kev pib no yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm lub xeev txoj kev npaj los teeb tsa tus qauv tshiab rau kev saib xyuas uas tsom mus rau tus neeg thiab kev ncaj ncees rau txhua tus neeg California," Tus Thawj Coj Medicaid ntawm Xeev Tyler Sadwith tau hais. Qhov no yog ntau tshaj li kev kho mob xwb—nws yog hais txog kev muab kev txhawb nqa rau tib neeg uas lawv xav tau kom rov qab sib koom ua ke thiab tsim kho lawv lub neej nrog kev hwm thiab txoj hauv kev tiag tiag mus rau yav tom ntej ruaj khov.​​ 

VIM LI CAS QHOV NO TSEEM CEEB: Muaj ntau tshaj 350,000 tus neeg laus thiab cov hluas nkag mus lossis raug tso tawm ntawm cov tsev loj cuj thiab tsev loj cuj hauv California txhua xyoo, thiab tsawg kawg 80 feem pua ntawm cov neeg ntawd tsim nyog tau txais Medi-Cal. Cov tib neeg uas raug kaw feem ntau yog cov neeg xim av thiab muaj kev xav tau kev kho mob ntau tab sis feem ntau tsis muaj kev saib xyuas thiab tshuaj thaum raug tso tawm. Cov neeg uas tau raug kaw hauv tsev loj cuj muaj feem yuav muaj teeb meem kev noj qab haus huv tsis zoo, muaj feem ntau ntawm kev kuaj mob lub cev thiab tus cwj pwm thiab muaj feem yuav raug mob thiab tuag vim yog kev ua phem, kev siv tshuaj ntau dhau, thiab kev tua tus kheej ntau dua li cov neeg uas tsis tau raug kaw.​​ 

Individuals who are incarcerated with a behavioral health disorder are more likely than those without a disorder to have been homeless in the year prior to their incarceration, less likely to have been employed prior to their arrest, and more likely to report a history of physical or sexual abuse. From 2009 to 2019, the proportion of incarcerated people in California jails with an active mental health case rose 63 percent; in 2019, 15,500 out of 80,000 individuals in jail custody had an active mental health case.​​ 

Improving adverse health outcomes for previously incarcerated people is also a vital health equity issue. People from racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately incarcerated, often for mental health- and substance use disorder-related offenses. For example, 29 percent of the state’s male prison population is Black, despite only making up 6 percent of the state’s male population.​​ 

"Thawj zaug puas tau, Medi-Cal yuav them tus nqi ntawm cov kev pabcuam no, txuas cov tib neeg nrog cov kev pabcuam kev noj qab haus huv lub cev thiab tus cwj pwm thaum lub sijhawm tseem ceeb ua ntej lawv tso tawm," Autumn Boylan, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm DHCS' Office of Strategic Partnerships hais. "Nrog lawv daim npav Medi-Cal nyob hauv tes, lawv tuaj yeem rov qab mus rau hauv cov zej zog California yam tsis tas txhawj txog ib yam dab tsi thaum lawv tsom mus rau kev nrhiav vaj tse, nrhiav haujlwm, thiab rov tsim kho kev sib raug zoo."​​ 

"Peb zoo siab heev txog kev nthuav dav cov kev pabcuam thiab kev tsim nyog rau cov tib neeg rov qab los ntawm kev kaw hauv tsev lojcuj rau hauv zej zog," Dr. Phuong Luu, Tus Tub Ceev Xwm Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv thiab Tus Thawj Coj Rov Qab Nkag Mus Rau Hauv Yuba County Jail thiab Tri-County Detention Center hais. Los ntawm kev muab kev pab them nqi kho mob uas sib koom tes thiab sib koom tes rau kev noj qab haus huv ntawm lub hlwb thiab lub cev, peb tsis yog tsuas yog daws cov kev xav tau tam sim ntawd xwb - peb tab tom nqis peev rau kev noj qab haus huv mus sij hawm ntev thiab kev ruaj ntseg hauv zej zog.​​ 

TXHAWB KEV NKAG MUS RAU COV KEV PAB CUAM UA NTEJ TSO: Txhua tus tswv cuab Medi-Cal uas tsim nyog rau cov kev pab cuam ua ntej tso tawm yuav tau txais kev txhawb nqa rov qab los ntawm tus thawj tswj kev saib xyuas ECM, thaum tus neeg tseem raug kaw thiab rau lub sijhawm txog li 12 lub hlis tom qab tus neeg raug tso tawm ntawm tsev loj cuj, tsev loj cuj, lossis chaw kaw cov tub ntxhais hluas. Tus thawj saib xyuas kev saib xyuas ECM yuav muab cov kev pabcuam tswj kev saib xyuas uas tsom mus rau tus neeg, kom ntseeg tau tias tus neeg ntawd muaj peev xwm nkag mus rau txhua yam kev pabcuam kho mob thiab kev noj qab haus huv uas tsim nyog, thiab yuav tsim kev ntseeg siab nrog tus neeg ntawd thiab kev nkag siab txog tus neeg cov kev xav tau kev noj qab haus huv, sib koom tes cov kev pabcuam txhawb nqa tseem ceeb thiab tsim kom muaj kev npaj hloov pauv hauv zej zog.​​ 

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