A study by the National Association of Counties found that inmate health care can account for up to 30% of corrections spending. Meanwhile, 90% of county jail entrants lack health insurance, and 64% experience mental illness—a crisis demanding smarter, more sustainable solutions.
Featured in WSFA News – Montgomery County partners with Trinity Corrections Care to enroll inmates in ACA coverage.
Bridging the Gap With the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Thanks to ACA reforms, county jails can now enroll eligible individuals in qualified health plans if they are pre-conviction, on probation or parole, or up to 90days prior to release post-conviction. This unlocks Essential Health Insurance Benefits, such as:
Prescription Drugs
Hospitalization & Emergency Services
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
Provide benefits to inmates and their dependents and reduce costs to your Office
Provided benefits to inmates and their dependents while reducing facility costs:
Coverage provided by national recognized health insurance companies
Insurance pays 100% after deductible and out-of-pocket expenses have been met
Once the deductible has been met, no coverage ceiling for high-cost items such as dialysis
The correctional facility receives the health insurance negotiated rates with the provider. Health insurance negotiated rates are generally better for patients because they result in lower out-of-pocket costs and potentially lower premiums.
Who Qualifies?
Individuals are eligible to enroll if they fall under these categories:
Pre-conviction
Probation or parole
Post-conviction - under limited supervision or confinement
Individuals are eligible to enroll in aqualified health plan through the Health Insurance Marketplaces within 90 daysof release, if they have been convicted and are incarcerated.
How It Works
Trinity Corrections Care, in partnership with Resident HealthcareAdvisors, makes enrollment easy. Trinity Corrections Care can send our professionals to facilities to complete the initial enrollments of current inmates at no cost and will work with the facility staff to enroll new detainees at intake going forward.
The process is very simple and typically takes only a few minutes to gather the needed information, much of which is already required at intake, such as date of birth, SSN and gender.
Facilities also have the option of utilizingBI2 Technologies Inmate Recognition & Identification System (I.R.I.S.™) to register and track enrollees. I.R.I.S.™ is implemented through the nation’s only secure, encrypted, real-time national criminal justice sharing network, based on iris biometric technology, which enables law enforcement agency staff to positively identify criminals in seconds.
Cut Intake Time with I.R.I.S.™
Trinity Corrections Care can provide BI2 Technologies’ InmateRecognition & Identification System (I.R.I.S.™) hardware and software at greatly reduced or no cost to any jail wishing to utilize this system.
Iris biometric registration
Instant, secure identity verification
Powered by the nation’s only real-time criminal justice network
