Trinity Corrections Care is a free program that offers comprehensive health insurance coverage (prescription drugs, hospitalization, emergency services, and medical treatments such as dialysis) prior to release, as detainees transition back into the community.
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 enroll eligible individuals in qualified health plans at release from a county jail or correctional facility, if they are on probation or parole, or during Open Enrollment, which begins on November 1st. 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 works with agencies to complete ACA applications for inmates at the time of release or during Open Enrollment. Trinity Corrections Care can send our professionals to facilities to assist with the process, if needed.
Enrollment can be completed in less than a minute through a web-based HIPAA-compliant form using information already collected during booking 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
