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Expedited Medicaid restoration in Connecticut


Tuesday, November 5, 2013 : 4:50 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.

Hsiu-Ju Lin, Ph.D., School of Social Work, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT
Linda Frisman, PhD, School of Social Work, University of Connecticut, West Hartford, CT
     
Community reentry for persons with mental illness released from jails and prisons is one of the most pressing public health and public safety challenges today. To address this challenge, the State of Connecticut has expedited Medicaid restoration for mentally ill persons released from state prisons to facilitate access and utilization of services upon release. To date, however, the effectiveness of expedited Medicaid restoration programs towards reducing the remarkably high recidivism rates for mentally ill offenders is unknown. Here, findings from an NIMH-funded study of expedited Medicaid restoration in Connecticut are presented.

Learning Areas:

Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related public policy
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Identify the program components and ways a Connecticut expedited Medicaid restoration program was successful in promoting community reentry and facilitating the community adjustment of prisoners with a severe mental illness.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am an Associate Research Professor with the University of Connecticut School of Social Work, and Principal Data analyst with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 4409.0: State Prisons, Offenders with Mental Illness and Expedited Medicaid Restoration