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Transitional Reentry Health Act

Albany OKs Medicaid Lifeline For New Yorkers Walking Out Of Jail

June 9, 2026 by susie day

Holden Draper, Hoodline — As the legislative session wound down in Albany, lawmakers quietly signed off on a bill that could change the first days of freedom for thousands of New Yorkers leaving jails and prisons. The measure aims to plug a deadly gap in health care coverage the moment someone walks out the gate, a move that reentry advocates are cheering even as their push for broader parole reforms hit a wall...

Read moreAlbany OKs Medicaid Lifeline For New Yorkers Walking Out Of Jail

Lawmakers pass Medicaid bill for released detainees, but no movement on parole for elderly

June 9, 2026 by susie day

Ethan Geringer-Sameth, Crain's NY Business — State lawmakers passed a bill to help incarcerated individuals receive Medicaid coverage upon release, but did nothing for aging prisoners wasting away behind bars and racking up the state’s medical tab...

Read moreLawmakers pass Medicaid bill for released detainees, but no movement on parole for elderly

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