The bill would remove specified Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP limitations on benefits for people in custody pending disposition of charges. For CHIP, children would also receive covered screenings, diagnostic services, referrals, and case management during the 30 days before release, and the Department of Veterans Affairs would be required to modify its inmate exclusion so it does not apply to veterans in such custody. Except for the VA provision, the amendments would take effect on the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning more than 60 days after enactment.

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