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TEAMKY Demonstration

Approval Period: January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029

Page 35 of 155 51. Reentry Demonstration Initiative Planning and Implementation. a. The Reentry Demonstration Initiative Planning and Implementation Program will provide expenditure authority to fund supports needed for Medicaid and CHIP pre- release application and suspension/unsuspension planning and purchase of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology to support Medicaid and CHIP pre-release applications In addition, reentry demonstration initiative planning and implementation funds will provide funding over the course of the demonstration to support planning and IT investments that will enable implementation of the reentry demonstration initiative services covered in a period for up to 60 days immediately prior to the expected date of release, and for care coordination to support reentry. These investments will support collaboration and planning among the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Qualified Applicants listed in STC 51(d) below. The specific use of this funding will be proposed by the qualified applicant submitting the application, as the extent of approved funding will be determined according to the needs of the entity. Allowable expenditures are limited to only those that support Medicaid-related expenditures and/or demonstration-related expenditures (and not other activities or staff in the correctional facility) and must be properly cost-allocated to Medicaid and CHIP. These allowable expenditures may include the following: i. Technology and IT Services. Expenditures for the purchase of technology for Qualified Applicants which are to be used for assisting the reentry demonstration initiative population with Medicaid and CHIP application and enrollment for demonstration coverage (e.g., for inmates who would be eligible for CHIP but for their incarceration status and coordinating pre-release and post-release services for enrollees). This includes the development of electronic interfaces for Qualified Applicants listed in STC 30(d). to communicate with Medicaid and CHIP IT systems to support Medicaid and CHIP enrollment and suspension/unsuspension and modifications. This also includes support to modify and enhance existing IT systems to create and improve data exchange and linkages with Qualified Applicants listed in STC 30(d), in order to support the provision of pre-release services delivered in the period up to 60 days immediately prior to the expected date of release and reentry planning. ii. Hiring of Staff and Training. Expenditures for Qualified Applicants listed in STC 51(d). to recruit, hire, onboard, and train additional and newly assigned staff to assist with the coordination of Medicaid and CHIP enrollment and suspension/unsuspension, as well as the provision of pre-release services in a period for up to 60 days immediately prior to the expected date of release and for care coordination to support reentry for justice-involved individuals. Qualified Applicants may also require training for staff focused on working effectively and appropriately with justice-involved individuals. iii. Adoption of Certified Electronic Health Record Technology. Expenditures for providers’ purchase or necessary upgrades of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology and training for the staff that will use the EHR.