Discharge of mentally ill persons without health insurance.

Resolution calling upon the New York State Legislature to enact Assembly Bill A.844-A, and its companion Senate Bill, S.1212-A, which would amend and expand Section 364-i of the Social Services law to include mentally ill persons who are discharged, without health insurance, from psychiatric inpatient care at a State mental hospital or a prison operated by the State, County or City of New York, so that such persons shall be presumed eligible for Medicaid coverage from the date of discharge, and so that mentally ill prison inmates can more easily and effectively receive all the benefits of an adequate discharge plan, as mandated in the case of Brad H. v. The City of New York, immediately upon release.