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 E - CHILDREN'S MEDICAID
Section 366.511 - Application Processing

(a) HHSC processes Children'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 reconsiders the eligibility of a recipient who is terminated for failure to submit a renewal form or necessary information, so long as the recipient complies with the missed requirements within 90 days after the date of termination. HHSC otherwise requires the recipient to file a new application.

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