Criminal Justice
The New York State Health Home Program is working to address healthcare challenges and disparities faced by persons involved in the criminal justice system. A disproportionate number of individuals under supervision have chronic medical conditions, serious mental illness and/or substance use disorder compared to the general population. Jails and prisons have become a place for shelter, food, and healthcare for those with unmet healthcare needs. Recidivism is a large concern. The Department of Health has partnered with six Health Homes and the criminal justice system to identify eligible incarcerated individuals and engage them in the program. The goal is to reduce recidivism and the utilization of unnecessary high–cost healthcare services through engagement with a Health Home that will provide them with a care manager to coordinate their care through a network of providers
-Medicaid Redesign 1115 Demonstration Amendment Application
On November 6, 2019, New York State submitted a proposed amendment to its Medicaid Redesign 1115 Demonstration to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting authorization of federal Medicaid matching funds for the provision of targeted Medicaid services to eligible justice–involved populations. These Medicaid services are to be provided in the 30–day period immediately prior to release from incarceration in county and State facilities to Medicaid–enrolled individuals who have two or more chronic physical/behavioral health conditions, a serious mental illness, HIV, or opioid use disorder.
+Criminal Justice Pilots
The NYS Department of Health established six Health Home pilots that are pioneering models of successful collaborations between the health care and criminal justice systems. These models of care incorporate effective engagement of justice involved individuals in criminal justice systems including State prisons, local jails, probation, and alternative to incarceration/reentry programs. The first phase of the work is focusing on people who are being released to the community after serving a sentence of incarceration in a jail or prison.
Currently the pilots are:
- HHUNY Western, BestSelf Behavioral Health Inc.
- HHUNY Finger Lakes, Huther–Doyle
- Bronx Accountable Healthcare Network (BAHN)
- Brooklyn Health Home (BHH)
- Community Healthcare Network (CHN)
- Coordinated Behavioral Care
Additional Information:
- Health Home and Criminal Justice Summary – March 17, 2015 (PDF)
- 2014–15 Executive Budget Medicaid Proposals Health Home–Criminal Justice Linkage Pilots – October 26, 2014 (PDF)
- New York´s Health Home Project Criminal Justice Pilot Program, National Association of Medical Directors (NAMD) – June 30, 2014 (PDF)
- Health Home Collaborative Pilot: Care Management/Coordination for Criminal Justice Involved Individuals, The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene) – May 2014 (PDF)
+Criminal Justice Workgroup
The Criminal Justice Work Group was established in 2012. Stakeholders and State Agency Partners come together to share updates on their programs and initiatives. It also serves as a platform to address barriers against receiving healthcare for individuals who are incarcerated or are in the process of transitioning out of the system. The Criminal Justice Work Group provides an opportunity for service providers to learn of other initiatives and resources throughout New York State, and ways in which they can become involved. Below are links to materials that have been presented at previous Criminal Justice Workgroup meetings.
- Criminal Justice Workgroup Meeting – August 25, 2016 (PPT)
- Criminal Justice Workgroup Meeting Notes – August 25, 2016 (PDF)
- Health Homes and Criminal Justice, NYS DOH–OHIP – April 28, 2015 (PDF)
- Update: Medicaid for Justice Involved Individuals, NYS DOH–OHIP – April 28, 2015 (PDF)
- Brooklyn Health Home: Justice Informed Care Management, Hannah Loeffert – April 28, 2015 (PDF)
- NYS DCJS/OMH Justice Mental Health Collaboration Program – June 22, 2015 Webinar, Bernard Wilson and Valerie Chakedis – April 28, 2015 (PDF)
- Minutes of Criminal Justice and Health Homes Committee – April 28, 2015 (PDF)
+Webinars and Presentations
Below are links to trainings, webinars and presentations provided by the NYSDOH State Agency Partners related to serving individuals involved in the criminal justice system.
- Medicaid Health Homes and Criminal Justice, NYS DCJS/OMH Justice & Mental Health Collaboration Program – June 22, 2015 (PDF)
- NYS DCJS Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Grant Checklist – February 2015 (PDF)
- NYS Health Homes: Care Management for the Criminal Justice Involved Population – December 10, 2014 (PDF)
+Other Resources
- The 10 Key Components of a Drug Court (PDF)
- Community, Opportunity, Reinvestment (CORe) Initiative, Monthly COReSTAT Webinar – July 16, 2015 (PDF)
- Flowchart for County Jails, Dr. Lynda Hohmann, Medical Director – June 2, 2015 (PDF)
- Testimony of Homer Venters, MD, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Correctional Health Services, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, before the New York State Assembly Committee on Correction with the Committee on Mental Health regarding Mental Illness in Correctional Settings – November 13, 2014 (PDF)
- New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision – October 27, 2014 (PDF)
- New York State Health Homes: Care Management for the Criminal Justice Involved Population, A Briefing to the New York State Council on Community Re–Entry and Reintegration, Greg Allen, NYS OHIP – September 26, 2014 (PDF)
- Memorandum: The New York State Department of Health´s Request for Access to NYSID Numbers – September 12, 2014 (PDF)
+Archive
+Criminal Justice Pilots
2013
- Bronx Lebanon – CBC Health Home Health Presentation, Health Home and Criminal Justice Pilot Workgroup Meeting ) – January 22, 2013 (PDF)
- HHUNY–Western Alcohol & Drug Dependency Services, Inc. Health Home Presentation, Health Home and Criminal Justice Pilot Workgroup Meeting – January 22, 2013 (PDF)
- Brooklyn Health Home Presentation, Health Home and Criminal Justice Pilot Workgroup Meeting – January 22, 2013 (PDF)
- Community Healthcare Network Presentation, Health Home and Criminal Justice Pilot Workgroup Meeting – January 22, 2013 (PDF)
- Eligibility for Temporary Assistance (TA) and Food Stamps (FS) (Among Offenders Released from Prison in 2003) – January 22, 2013 (PDF)
- HHUNY–Western Alcohol & Drug Dependency Services, Inc. Health Home Presentation, Health Home and Criminal Justice Pilot Workgroup Meeting – January 22, 2013 (PDF)
+Criminal Justice Workgroup
2014
- Criminal Justice and Health Home Workgroup, OHIP –October 30, 2014 (PDF)
- It´s a Match: System, Program & Service Integration, Bronx Health Home and NYC Jail Pilot, Alison O. Jordan, NYC DOHMH, Virgelina Gonzalez, Bronx Lebanon HC – October 30, 2014 (PDF)
- Meeting Minutes, Key Highlights – May 12, 2014 (PDF)
- Health Home Collaborative Pilot: Care Management/Coordination for Criminal Justice Involved Individuals, CBC, NYC DOP, NYS DOHH/MH – May 12, 2014 (PDF)
- Health Home Collaborative Pilot: Care Management/Coordination for Criminal Justice Involved Individuals, CBC, NYC Department of Probation, NYCHMH – May 12, 2014 (PDF)
2013
- Health Home, Criminal Justice Tiger Team, CJ Acuity Score Sub–Committee – November 25, 2013 (PDF)
- Legal Action Center, NYS Medicaid Enrollment/Linkages to Health Care of People in the Criminal Justice System – November 25, 2013(PDF)
- Meeting Minutes – November 25, 2013 (PDF)
- Health Home, Criminal Justice Tiger Team, CJ Acuity Score Sub–Committee – September 24, 2013 (PDF)
- Meeting of Health Home and Criminal Justice Workgroup Minutes – September 24, 2013 (PDF)
- Coming Home, Presented by: Victoria L. Sharp, MD Director, Spencer Cox Center for Health – July 19, 2013 (PDF)
- NYS DCJS Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, Office of Probation and Correctional Alternatives – April 22, 2013 (PDF)
- Criminal Justice Health Homes Operational Issues – April 22, 2013 (PDF)
- Meeting Minutes – April 22, 2013 (PDF)
- Warm Transitions: Facilitating Linkages to Care for People Returning Home from Rikers Island, Alison O. Jordan, Tanya Shah, Homer Venters, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Correctional Health Services – March 5, 2013 (PDF)
- Criminal Justice System and Substance Abuse Treatment, OASAS – March 5, 2013 (PDF)
- NYS Department of Health/ AIDS Institute Criminal Justice Initiative – March 5, 2013 (PDF)
2012
- NYS Care Management for High Need Patients, Transforming Care through Health Homes, Greg Allen – December 20, 2012 (PDF)
- Health Home and Criminal Justice Agencies Perspectives on Health Home Criminal Justice Pilots – December 20, 2012 (PDF)
- Sequential Intercept Model and Health Homes, Joel Copperman, CASES – December 20, 2012 (PDF)
- NYC Department of Corrections Individuals Matched to CY 2011 Health Home Eligible Population Medicaid Expenditures by Category of Service – December 20, 2012 (PDF)
- NYC Department of Corrections Individuals Matched to CY 2011 Health Home Eligible Population Medicaid Expenditures by Dx Class – December 20, 2012 (PDF)
- Health Home Implications for Justice–Involved Populations – December 20, 2012 (PDF)
- Quarterly Incarceration Rate for Health Home Enrollees – December 20, 2012 (PDF)
- Meeting Minutes – December 20, 2012 (PDF)
+Webinars and Presentations
2013
- NYS DCJS Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program – April 22, 2013 (PDF, 1MB)
+Other Resources
2014
- Executive Committee Meeting #3 Highlights, Prepared by Bennet Midland LLC for the Task Force on Behavioral Health and the Criminal Justice System – August 28, 2014 (PDF)
- The Criminal History Record, Introduction to the New York State Criminal History Record – August 26, 2014 (PDF)
- Executive Committee Meeting #2 Highlights, Task Force on Behavioral Health and the Criminal Justice System – July 23, 2014 (PDF)
- A Culture of Coverage for Justice–Involved Adults in Illinois, A Resource Guide for Implementing the Affordable Care Act for Criminal Justice Personnel in Illinois, State of Illinois, Office of the Governor – January 2014 (PDF)
2013
- General Information System, Demonstration Project: Centralized Medicaid Application Process for Upstate Individuals Incarcerated in a New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Facility, Judith Arnold, Director Division of Eligibility and Marketplace Integration – October 22, 2013 (PDF)
- Positive Pathways, A Cooperative Initiative for NYS Department of Corrections & Community Supervision (DOCCS), NYS Department of Health AIDS Institute (DOH), Community–Based Organizations (CBOs), Columbia University – June 19, 2013 (PDF)
- Status Report on Criminal Justice/Health Home Project to Deputy Secretaries from Greg Allen, NYSDOH, Jacquelyn Green, NYSDCJS, Paul Samuels, Legal Action Center – April 2013 (PDF)
- New York State COMPAS–Probation Risk and Need Assessment Study: Examining the Recidivism Scale´s Effectiveness and Predictive Accuracy (PDF)
