TANF and Medical Programs except TP 40 and TP 36

Advisors must send referrals to the OAG on legal and biological parent(s):

when deprivation is based on absence;

when deprivation is based on death;

if paternity cannot be established using policy in A-1021, Unwed Parents Living Together , for a biological father who is in the home;

if the family volunteers to receive services provided by the OAG for Children's Medicaid programs; or

the adult caretaker receives TP 08. See A-1122.1, Parent Profile Questionnaire , for Children's Medicaid programs.

Advisors do not send a referral if:

a child in the home is not deprived because both parents are in the home or deprivation is based on unemployment or underemployment (TANF-State Program [SP]);

a claim of good cause has been established;

deprivation is based on physical or mental incapacity; or

the legal or biological father of a pregnant woman's unborn child has no other children receiving Medicaid.

Advisors must review Form H0050, Parent Profile Questionnaire , with the individual to ensure no items are blank, that the individual provided complete and current information, and entered the information in the Absent Parent logical unit of work (LUW). The Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System (TIERS) automatically sends the referral to the OAG.