Reinstatement
Reinstate Medicaid that was suspended due to incarceration in a county jail within two business days of receiving notification from any source that a person has been released from a Texas county jail. To reinstate Medicaid:
Perform individual inquiry. Determine if the person has suspended Medicaid.
If Medicaid is suspended, perform a County Jail Release - Search. Determine if: the person’s Medicaid was suspended due to confinement; and there are months remaining in their original certification period.
If yes, create a Process a County Jail Confinement/Release task for all active cases where the person was included before suspension. Enter the release information into TIERS on the County Jail Release - Details page.
Medicaid coverage is reinstated effective the date of the person’s release from the county jail for the remaining months of the original certification period. Form TF0001 is generated to notify the person of the reinstatement.
Consider the report of release as a change report for all other types of assistance. Determine if the person needs to be added to the other types of assistance.
If the person’s health care coverage terminated at confinement or the original certification period has ended, the person is not eligible for reinstatement. Send a Medicaid application to the person’s last known address.