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UNOFFICIAL 1717.1-5 household ceases to include the child. (4) The department shall notify the household of the option to receive an additional six-month period of transitional medical assistance during the third and sixth month of this initial six-month period. (5) Shall terminate at the end of the sixth month period when the household fails to meet the reporting requirements of section 17-1717.1- 12(a), unless the household establishes good cause for failure to report timely. Failure to submit timely due to physical or psychiatric limitations may constitute good cause. (b) Additional six-month period for transitional medical assistance: (1) Shall be extended to a household when the household received transitional medical assistance during the entire initial six- month period according to subsection (a); and (2) Shall include a child as defined in this chapter, or eligibility shall terminate at the end of the first month in which the household ceases to include the child. (3) The department shall notify the household of the reporting requirements of section 17- 1717.1-12(b)(1) during the third month of the additional six-month transition period. (4) Shall terminate when the household fails to meet the reporting requirements of section 1717.1-12(b), unless the household establishes good cause for the failure to report timely. Failure to submit timely due to physical or psychiatric limitations may constitute good cause, or the household had no earnings in one or more of the previous months, unless the lack of earnings was due to involuntary loss of employment, illness, or other good cause. (c) Four-month period for transitional medical assistance: (1) Shall be extended to a household for a period of four consecutive months when the household is terminated from the Pregnant