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Hudson County sues state over hospital care for jail inmates
By nj.com- Michaelangelo Conte
Published: 05/05/2014

Hudson County has filed a lawsuit against the state in Superior Court seeking reimbursement retroactively for the cost of long-term hospital care for county jail inmates, Hudson County Freeholder Bill O’Dea said.

Before the Affordable Care Act established a “24-hour exemption,” no inmate in state prisons or county jails had been eligible for Medicaid coverage for long-term hospital care, explained John Dannadio, executive director of the New Jersey Association of Counties.

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