2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 422 - Health Care Financing and Policy
NRS 422.27487 - Eligibility for and coverage under Medicaid for persons who are incarcerated and persons released from incarceration; regulations. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
1. To the extent not prohibited by federal law, the Department shall:
(a) Suspend, rather than terminate, the eligibility for Medicaid of a person who is incarcerated for the amount of time authorized by regulation pursuant to subsection 2;
(b) Authorize a person who is incarcerated and was not eligible for Medicaid before being incarcerated or whose eligibility for Medicaid has been terminated to apply up to 6 months before his or her scheduled release for enrollment in Medicaid immediately upon release; and
(c) Reinstate or institute, as applicable, eligibility for and coverage under Medicaid for a person described in paragraph (a) or (b) as soon as possible upon his or her release from incarceration if the person otherwise meets the requirements to be eligible for Medicaid at that time.
2. The Department may adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, including, without limitation, regulations that prescribe the amount of time that the eligibility for Medicaid of a person may be suspended pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 before being terminated.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2187, effective January 1, 2022)
