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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 26.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Dec;34(12):2044–2051. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0668

EXHIBIT 1.

Characteristics Of Sixty-Four Programs Enrolling Criminal Justice–Involved Populations In Medicaid

Characteristic All programs
State-level programs
County-level programs
No. % No. % No. %
SETTING

Jail 49 77 4 24 45 96
Probation or parole system 27 42 3 18 24 51
Prison 17 27 15 88 2 4
Other 5 8 1 6 4 9

START YEAR

2014 or later 38 59 8 47 30 64
2012–13 14 22 3 18 11 23
Before 2012 12 19 6 35 6 13

CENSUS REGION

West 44 69 4 24 40 85
Northeast 9 14 6 35 3 5
Midwest 7 11 4 24 3 6
South 4 6 3 18 1 2

ENROLLMENT PERSONNEL

Staff of public health department, social service agency, or other health agency 36 56 4 54 32 68
Corrections staff 23 36 13 76 10 21
Staff of community-based or nonprofit organization 16 25 4 24 32 68
Other 9 14 3 18 6 13

POINT OF SCREENING FOR MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY

During incarceration 35 55 13 76 22 47
After release 30 47 3 18 27 57
Within 90 days before release 28 44 10 59 18 38
During booking 9 14 0 0 9 19
Other 1 2 0 0 1 2

TARGET ENROLLMENT POPULATION

Individuals with serious mental illnesses 11 17 2 12 9 19
Individuals with substance abuse treatment needs 4 6 0 0 4 9
Individuals with chronic somatic illnesses 3 5 1 6 2 4
Other special population 19 30 2 12 17 36
No special population 53 83 15 88 38 81

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of survey response data provided by programs in the inventory. NOTE Programs can belong to more than one category in some sections of the exhibit.