ESSB 5128 — Concerning medical services for individuals in juvenile detention facilities.

What this bill does

Specifies that Medicaid suspension provisions apply to persons confined in institutions and facilities operated by the Department of Children, Youth, and Families but not county juvenile detention facilities. Directs the Health Care Authority to collaborate with specific entities to implement federal requirements to provide screening, diagnostic, and targeted case management services to Medicaid enrollees who are under 21 years old and incarcerated and approaching their release date.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 27, 2025
  90 yea · 3 nay · 5 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 25, 2025
  40 yea · 9 nay

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Other bills sponsored by Wilson, C.

• ESSB 5029 — Concerning the transportation of individuals released or discharged from the custody of the department of corrections.
• SSB 5030 — Improving access to educational services by reducing barriers to obtaining vital records and allowing alternative forms of documentation.
• SB 5032 — Expanding the duties of the office of the family and children's ombuds to include juvenile rehabilitation facilities operated by the department of children, youth, and families.
• SSB 5131 — Accommodating religious celebrations in state correctional facilities.
• SSB 5139 — Concerning reentry council.