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Medication Grant Program

Generated from the gc-benefits catalog. It lists what the owner record states. It is not an eligibility decision; confirm current rules with the program.

The program enables mentally ill individuals that are released from jail and prison or discharged from hospitals to purchase psychotropic medications for up to 90 days, while a Medicaid application is pending. This program also allows the client to receive one outpatient visit for medication management, at no cost.

  • Owner record: ny/nassau-county-medication-grant-program
  • Jurisdiction code: NY
  • Frame: care_recipient
  • Review by: 2026-11-15
  • Authority: Nassau County Department of Human Services, Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency & Developmental Disabilities Services

Offering 1: Medication assistance and medication-management visit

The program enables mentally ill individuals that are released from jail and prison or discharged from hospitals to purchase psychotropic medications for up to 90 days, while a Medicaid application is pending. This program also allows the client to receive one outpatient visit for medication management, at no cost.

  • Availability (owner codes): {"intake": "unknown", "type": "unknown"}

Conditions:

  • All of these:
  • Stated condition, not checked automatically: "mentally ill individuals that are released from jail and prison or discharged from hospitals"
  • Stated condition, not checked automatically: "while a Medicaid application is pending"

Access route 1.1

  • Where: Nassau County Department of Human Services, Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency & Developmental Disabilities Services
  • How: Call for additional information and inquiry.
  • Phone: 516-227-7057

Owner confirmations

  • /offerings/0/access/0: sha256:a09442a5cb6fea94879b6b766fdb7b264839d0142176c397e70c83d1d0813439

Evidence

  • /name: "# Medication Grant Program" (source, capture 8020d554964dea3e78ec1cf0d94016d4ac689d5e3a0c5193ec928134027e620e)
  • /authority: "### Department of Human Services" (source, capture 8020d554964dea3e78ec1cf0d94016d4ac689d5e3a0c5193ec928134027e620e)
  • /authority: "### Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency & Developmental Disabilities Services" (source, capture 8020d554964dea3e78ec1cf0d94016d4ac689d5e3a0c5193ec928134027e620e)
  • /caregiving_effect: "The Medication Grant Program evolved from the 1999 legislation known as Kendra's Law. The law authorized county mental hygiene directors to receive grants that enable mentally ill individuals that are released from jail and prison or discharged from hospitals to purchase psychotropic medications for up to 90 days, while a Medicaid application is pending. This program also allows the client to receive one outpatient visit for medication management, at no cost." (source, capture 8020d554964dea3e78ec1cf0d94016d4ac689d5e3a0c5193ec928134027e620e)
  • /offerings/0/summary: "The Medication Grant Program evolved from the 1999 legislation known as Kendra's Law. The law authorized county mental hygiene directors to receive grants that enable mentally ill individuals that are released from jail and prison or discharged from hospitals to purchase psychotropic medications for up to 90 days, while a Medicaid application is pending. This program also allows the client to receive one outpatient visit for medication management, at no cost." (source, capture 8020d554964dea3e78ec1cf0d94016d4ac689d5e3a0c5193ec928134027e620e)
  • /offerings/0/rules: "The Medication Grant Program evolved from the 1999 legislation known as Kendra's Law. The law authorized county mental hygiene directors to receive grants that enable mentally ill individuals that are released from jail and prison or discharged from hospitals to purchase psychotropic medications for up to 90 days, while a Medicaid application is pending. This program also allows the client to receive one outpatient visit for medication management, at no cost." (source, capture 8020d554964dea3e78ec1cf0d94016d4ac689d5e3a0c5193ec928134027e620e)
  • /offerings/0/access/0: "For additional information and inquiry, please call 516-227-7057." (source, capture 8020d554964dea3e78ec1cf0d94016d4ac689d5e3a0c5193ec928134027e620e)