CMS Tightens Rules as It Expands Medicaid Reentry Demonstrations to 22 States

Manatt details CMS's approval of five new Section 1115 Reentry Demonstrations plus renewals with reentry authority, bringing the total to 22 states and D.C. covering pre-release Medicaid services for justice-involved individuals. The analysis highlights new CMS guardrails—a shortened 60-day pre-release service window, a stricter reinvestment framework based on actual rather than projected spending, and elimination of federal match for transitional infrastructure costs—that will shape how states and their MCO partners design and finance reentry programs going forward.</summary> </invoke>

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