On October 20, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
announced that the initial go-live date for the CalAIM
Justice-Involved (JI) initiative has been delayed six months from
April 1, 2024, to October 1, 2024. DHCS still
anticipates having a full two-year implementation period.
According to DHCS, this change will allow correctional
facilities, county partners, managed care plans, and
community-based organizations to better prepare for the
implementation of targeted pre-release services as required by
state law and authorized in California’s approved CalAIM
demonstration. The change will also allow more time to finalize
policy and associated information technology (IT) systems
modifications that are required to implement the initiative; to
continue to engage with implementation partners to provide
technical assistance related to policy and operational
expectations; and for correctional facilities to use
Providing Access and Transforming Health (PATH) JI capacity
building grant funding to make necessary investments to
demonstrate readiness and to comply with policy and operational
requirements.
