{"id":15960,"date":"2015-03-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/bill-to-require-jails-and-prisons-to-sign-eligible-inmates-up-for-medicaid\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T09:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:07:41","slug":"bill-to-require-jails-and-prisons-to-sign-eligible-inmates-up-for-medicaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/bill-to-require-jails-and-prisons-to-sign-eligible-inmates-up-for-medicaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill to require jails and prisons to sign eligible inmates up for Medicaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>House Bill 1269 would require the Department of Correction or a health navigator \u2014 an inmate\u2019s authorized representative \u2014 to apply for Medicaid for inmates who are potentially eligible for it or the new Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP 2.0, and who run up medical care expenses that are not otherwise reimbursable. 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