# 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 366.511: 1 TAC § 366.511. Application Processing

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## Section

- **Citation:** 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 366.511
- **Heading:** 1 TAC § 366.511. Application Processing
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** 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 / 1 TAC § 366.511

## Text

(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:
(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.

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