(1) adjudicated to be a delinquent child and placed in:

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(B) a juvenile detention facility; or

(C) a secure facility, not including a facility licensed as a child caring institution under IC 31-27; or

(2) incarcerated in a prison or jail; and

ineligible to participate in the Medicaid program during the placement described in subdivision (1) or (2) because of federal Medicaid law, the division of family resources, upon notice that a child has been adjudicated to be a delinquent child and placed in a facility described in subdivision (1) or upon notice that a person is incarcerated in a prison or jail and placed in a facility described in subdivision (2), shall suspend the person’s participation in the Medicaid program.

     (b) If the division of family resources receives:

(1) a dispositional decree under IC 31-37-19-28; or

(2) a modified disposition order under IC 31-37-22-9;

and the department of correction gives the division at least forty (40) days notice that a person will be released from a facility described in subsection (a)(1)(C) or (a)(2), the division of family resources shall take action necessary to ensure that a person described in subsection (a) is eligible to participate in the Medicaid program upon the person’s release, if the person is eligible to participate.

As added by P.L.114-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2010, SEC.57; P.L.185-2015, SEC.9; P.L.152-2017, SEC.3; P.L.57-2021, SEC.1.