,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahba  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #be1      
#bjba,mr4 ,booker introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xix of the 
,social ,security ,act to provide a     
consistent standard of health care to   
incarcerated individuals1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,humane             
,correctional ,health ,care ,act4  #b4  
,repeal of ,medicaid exclusion relating 
to incarcerated individuals  7a7 ,in    
general ,section #aije7;a7 of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acif;d7a77 is amended1 in the matter   
following paragraph 7#ca71 by striking  
such term does not include-- and all    
that follows through patient in an      
institution for mental diseases and     
inserting such term does not include any
 such payments with respect to care or  
services for any individual who has not 

attained #fe years of age and who is a  
patient in an institution for mental    
diseases4  7b7 ,conforming amendments   
,section #aijb7;a7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acif;a7a77 is amended-- 7#a7 by        
striking paragraph 7#hd72 and  7#b7 by  
striking subsection 7nn74  7c7          
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to
 medical assistance provided on or after
 ,january #a1 #bjbb4  #c4 ,report by    
,comptroller ,general ,not later than   
the date that is #c years after the date
 of enactment of this ,act1 and annually
 thereafter for each of the following #e
 years1 the ,comptroller ,general of the
 ,united ,states shall submit to        
,congress a report containing the       
following information3 7#a7 ,the        
percentage of incarcerated individuals  
that receive medical assistance under a 
,state plan under title ,,xix of the    
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acif et seq474  7#b7 ,the access of    

incarcerated individuals to health care 
services1 including specialty care1 and 
health care providers4  7#c7 ,the       
quality of health care services provided
 to incarcerated individuals4  7#d7 ,any
 impact of coverage under such a ,state 
plan on recidivism4  7#e7 ,the          
percentage of incarcerated individuals  
who1 upon release1 are-- 7,a7 enrolled  
under such a ,state plan2 and  7,b7     
connected to a primary care provider in 
their community4  7#f7 ,trends in the   
prevalence and incidence of illness and 
injury among incarcerated individuals4  
7#g7 ,any other information the         
,comptroller ,general determines        
necessary regarding the health of       
incarcerated individuals4  #d4 ,sense of
 ,congress on incarceration and         
community-based health services ,it is  
the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 no   
individual in the ,united ,states should
 be incarcerated for the purpose of     
being provided with health care that is 
unavailable to the individual in the    

individual's community2  7#b7 each      
,state and unit of local government     
should establish programs that offer    
community-based health services         
7including mental health and substance  
use disorder services7 commensurate with
 the principle stated in paragraph 7#a72
 and  7#c7 ,federal reimbursement for   
expenditures on medical assistance made 
available through the amendments made by
 this ,act should not supplant an       
investment in community-based services4