5940 Coordination with the Kansas Department of Corrections - Community Based Services about Medicaid

A. Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) - Community Based Services (CBS) is the designated State agency for serving juvenile offenders in Kansas who have been placed into the custody of the State through a juvenile offender court hearing. PPS and KDOC - CBS staff shall communicate and coordinate work related to these cases when necessary. 

B. Community Supervision Officers (Community Corrections) are responsible for the day-to-day management of children/youth who are in KDOC - CBS custody.  Some of these children/youth are in out-of-home placement which makes them part of the State’s foster care population. While most of the custodial youth are placed at home, some individuals may be placed in an out-of-home placement or in a Juvenile Correctional Facility. Children/Youth in KDOC - CBS custody and residing in out of home placements are eligible for Foster Care Medicaid if they meet the eligibility criteria per Section 5918. 

C. Community Supervision Officers (Community Corrections) shall forward the following information to the PPS Eligibility Specialists for determining Foster Care Medicaid: 

1. Copy of Medical Insurance (if applicable)

2. PPS 5460

D. Youth in KDOC - CBS custody are no longer eligible for Foster Care Medicaid when they reach the age of 21 (last day of the month they turn 21).  The PPS Eligibility Specialist shall close the case in KEES.