Medical assistance services; eligibility, individuals confined in state correctional facilities.

Medical assistance services; individuals confinedin state correctional facilities. Requires the Department ofMedical Assistance Services to enroll any person who is in the custodyof a state correctional facility and who meets the criteria for eligibilityfor services under the state plan for medical assistance in the Commonwealth'sprogram of medical assistance services; however, no services underthe state plan for medical assistance shall be furnished to the personwhile he is confined in a state correctional facility unless federalfinancial participation is available to pay for the cost of the servicesprovided. The bill also provides that, upon release from the custodyof a state correctional facility, such individual shall continue to be eligible for services under the state plan for medical assistanceuntil such time as the person is determined to no longer be eligiblefor medical assistance and that, to the extent permitted by federallaw, the time during which a person is confined in a state correctionalfacility shall not be included in any calculation of when the personmust recertify his eligibility for medical assistance.