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A-6. IGA BETWEEN ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM (AHCCCS) AND MARICOPA COUNTY TO SUSPEND AHCCCS BENEFITS FOR INCARCERATED PERSONS Approve Intergovernmental Agreement between Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) and Maricopa County to suspend AHCCCS benefits for incarcerated persons. A variety of federal guidance regulates the use of Federal Financial Participation (FFP) funds. FFP is not available for individuals who are inmates of public institutions. In order to comply with these regulations, this IGA will allow Maricopa County to provide a daily data feed to AHCCCS; the feed will include a listing of individuals booked into and released from the jail in the last 24 hours. AHCCCS will utilize the booking feed to suspend benefits for AHCCCS-covered individuals who are incarcerated and reinstate benefits for those recently released. Suspension is preferred to termination of benefits to ensure continuity of healthcare and so that recently released inmates are able to immediately have healthcare coverage. (C-31-13-004-3-00)