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Representatives Michael Turner (OH-10), David Trone (MD-06), John Rutherford (FL-05) and Paul Tonko (NY-20) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Due Process Continuity of Care Act. The bill amends a portion of the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP), which denies Medicaid coverage to eligible individuals being detained pre-trial. Specifically, this bill is aimed at

More than two dozen members of Congress have banded together to create a new bipartisan task force focused on aiding former inmates' reentry into society.

While presumed innocent under the U.S. Constitution, these inmates cannot access Medicaid, Medicare, Department of Veterans Affairs benefits and other programs.

This week, I announced that my bill, the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act, which allows physicians to prescribe buprenorphine without first obtaining a waiver, passed the House, 402 to 20, Wednesday, June 22. Under current law, practitioners are required to obtain a waiver from the Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe buprenorphine as a treatment for opioid

The Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy denies patients access to their federal health care benefits while incarcerated.

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This bipartisan legislation would amend the current Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP) to make certain that pretrial detainees are not kicked off Medicaid prior to ever being found guilty of a crime.