Provides presumptive eligibility for medical assistance benefits for individuals released from correctional facilities for at least sixty days.

New York S05562 amends the social services law and the correction law to provide presumptive eligibility for medical assistance benefits for individuals released from correctional facilities for at least sixty days following release. The commissioner of health is tasked with developing processes for enrolling incarcerated individuals into the medical assistance program and ensuring they can begin receiving medical services immediately upon release. The commissioner must also develop materials to educate individuals leaving correctional facilities about the medical assistance program.

Provides presumptive eligibility for medical assistance benefits for individuals released from correctional facilities for at least sixty days.

New York S05562 amends the social services law and the correction law to provide presumptive eligibility for medical assistance benefits for individuals released from correctional facilities for at least sixty days following release. The commissioner of health is tasked with developing processes for enrolling incarcerated individuals into the medical assistance program and ensuring they can begin receiving medical services immediately upon release. The commissioner must also develop materials to educate individuals leaving correctional facilities about the medical assistance program.