Offenders should have an adequate supply of essential psychotropic medications upon their release.  They should be given at least a seven-day supply and prescriptions sufficient for the period up to when entitlements may reasonably be expected to be reinstated, typically within 90 days after release to the community.  States that contract with private correctional health care providers for the provision of institutional health care should include in their contracts a requirement that these extra medications are provided to discharged inmates.  Also, if it has not already been done by agents of the detention or corrections authority, the community-based agency or case manager responsible for the released offender should take steps to reinstate the individual on Medicaid in order to pay for necessary medications.