Narrows the Medicaid “inmate exclusion” by allowing Medicaid to cover health care for eligible people during the 30 days before they are released from jail or prison. This aims to ensure a smoother handoff to community care and reduce gaps in treatment at reentry.

Directs the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to deliver a report to Congress within 18 months on care in correctional settings, relevant standards and accreditation, and how this change affects reentry outcomes and insurance coverage when people leave incarceration.