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[Pages S2086-S2087]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS
The following petition or memorial was laid before the Senate and was
referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:
POM-22. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature
of the State of South Dakota urging the United States
Congress to amend the Social Security Act to allow states to
provide Medicaid services to those persons presumed innocent
in jail awaiting trial; to the Committee on Finance.
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On page S2086, March 28, 2019, in the middle of the third
column, the following appears: POM-22. A concurrent resolution
adopted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota urging the
United States Congress to amend the Social Security Act to allow
states to provide Medicaid services to those persons presumed
innocent in jail awaiting trail; to the Committee on Finance.
The online Record has been corrected to read: POM-22. A
concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature of the State of
South Dakota urging the United States Congress to amend the Social
Security Act to allow states to provide Medicaid services to those
persons presumed innocent in jail awaiting trial; to the Committee
on Finance.
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Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8
Whereas, a basic principle of the United States judicial
system is that citizens charged with a crime are innocent
until proven guilty; and
Whereas, the United States and South Dakota have determined
it is right and appropriate to care for our most vulnerable
citizens through the Medicaid program, and county jails are
populated by many persons who have serious medical conditions
and mental illnesses or who are the parents of small children
who qualify for Medicaid benefits; and
Whereas, the jail population in the United States is
growing faster than the prison population, and approximately
two-thirds of the jail population consists of those pending
disposition who remain innocent until proven guilty and who
are currently not being treated equally to those awaiting
trial who obtained bail and were released awaiting
adjudication; and
Whereas, providing Medicaid services to persons in jail
pending disposition will increase the likelihood that the
provision of services is continuous once the person reenters
the community; and
Whereas, section 1905(a)(A) of the Social Security Act
prevents South Dakota from providing Medicaid services to
persons in jail
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pending disposition who would otherwise be covered under the
Medicaid policies of South Dakota: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Senate of the Ninety-Fourth Legislature of
the State of South Dakota, the House of Representatives
concurring therein, that the Legislature requests the United
States Congress to amend the Social Security Act to allow
states to provide Medicaid, services to those persons
presumed innocent in jail awaiting trial; and be it further
Resolved, That the secretary of the senate transmit copies
of this resolution to the Speaker and Clerk of the United
States House of Representatives, the President and Secretary
of the United States Senate, the United States Secretary of
Health and Human Services, and to the South Dakota
congressional delegation.
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