Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 15 - TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 366 - MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND NEEDY FAMILIES
Subchapter C - PREGNANT WOMEN'S MEDICAID
Section 366.311 - Application Processing

Universal Citation: 1 TX Admin Code ยง 366.311

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) HHSC processes Pregnant Women's Medicaid applications received electronically, by paper, or by telephone.

(b) HHSC allows any office of a state health and human services agency to accept an initial application.

(c) HHSC contracts with third parties to accept applications from hospital districts (including state-owned teaching hospitals), federally qualified health centers, and county health departments.

(d) HHSC may conduct an interview with an initial applicant.

(e) HHSC reopens a denied initial application, so long as the applicant complies with the missed requirements within 60 days after the date the application was submitted. HHSC otherwise requires the applicant to file a new application.

(f) HHSC may reopen an application for three months prior coverage if:

(1) within two years after the application was filed, the applicant requests that the application be reopened; and

(2) a Medicaid eligibility determination was not previously made for the three-month prior period.

(g) For an applicant who is potentially eligible but unable to provide proof of eligibility, HHSC:

(1) postpones verifications and provides Medicaid coverage to ensure access to medical care within 30 days after the application date;

(2) continues the coverage of an applicant who provides postponed verification by the 30th day after the application date; and

(3) denies the coverage of an applicant who fails to meet the 30-day deadline.

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