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Table 8: States Exercising the Option
to Terminate the Medicaid Coverage
of a Non-Pregnant Head of Household Who Loses TANF for Refusal to Work
The 1996 federal welfare law gave states the option to
terminate the Medicaid coverage of a Head of Household (as long as she is not pregnant)
who loses her TANF-funded cash assistance for refusing to work. Pregnant women cannot be
terminated from Medicaid under this or any other sanction option. Similarly, children
cannot be terminated from Medicaid under this or any other sanction option except if they
are the head of household (and not pregnant). Table 8 provides information on which states
have elected this option.
Table 8
States Exercising the Option to Terminate the Medicaid Coverage
of a Non-Pregnant Head of Household Who Loses TANF for Failure to Work |
| |
Exercised the
sanction option? |
| Totals |
13 Yes
38 No |
| Alabama |
Yes |
| Alaska |
No |
| Arizona |
No |
| Arkansas |
No |
| California |
No |
| Colorado |
No |
| Connecticut |
No |
| Delaware |
No |
| District of Columbia |
No |
| Florida |
No |
| Georgia |
No |
| Hawaii** |
No |
| Idaho |
Yes |
| Illinois |
No |
| Indiana |
Yes |
| Iowa |
No |
| Kansas |
Yes |
| Kentucky |
No |
| Louisiana |
Yes |
| Maine |
No |
| Maryland |
No |
| Massachusetts** |
No |
| Michigan |
Yes |
| Minnesota |
No |
| Mississippi |
Yes |
| Missouri |
No |
| Montana |
No |
| Nebraska * |
Yes |
| Nevada |
Yes |
| New Hampshire |
No |
| New Jersey |
No |
| New Mexico |
Yes |
| New York |
No |
| North Carolina |
No |
| North Dakota |
No |
| Ohio (23) |
Yes |
| Oklahoma |
No |
| Oregon |
No |
| Pennsylvania |
No |
| Rhode Island |
No |
| South Carolina |
Yes |
| South Dakota |
No |
| Tennessee |
No |
| Texas * |
No |
| Utah * |
No |
| Vermont |
No |
| Virginia |
No |
| Washington |
No |
| West Virginia |
No |
| Wisconsin |
No |
| Wyoming |
Yes |
NOTES
23. Non-pregnant heads of household
are not terminated from Medicaid unless they are facing their third TANF sanction. After
losing their Medicaid coverage, these heads of household have the opportunity to regain
Medicaid if they comply with TANF rules.
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