(1) The Division of Medicaid may apply to the federal Center for Medicaid Services (CMS) for necessary waivers to provide federal funding under the Medicaid program for providing reimbursement for authorized services to medically frail inmates who qualify for nursing home-level care and who the state deems are not public safety risks, provided through a Special Care Facility for Paroled Inmates licensed by the State Department of Health under contract with the Mississippi Department of Corrections, as specifically authorized under Chapter 496, Laws of 2022.(2) Subject to CMS approval, the program for paroled inmates shall be funded from monies that are appropriated or otherwise made available to the division specifically to cover the cost of the paroled inmate program. This program shall be a separate program within the Division of Medicaid as the administering agent.Added by Laws, 2022, ch. 496, HB 936,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2022.
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