HHS - County Indigent Health Care Program

County Indigent Health Care Program - Eligibility Criteria

Residence: The applicant must live in the county in which s/he applies and must intend to remain there.

Household: A CIHCP household is a person living alone or two or more persons living together where legal responsibility for support exists, excluding disqualified persons.  A disqualified person is one who receives or is categorically eligible to receive Medicaid.  

Resources: A household is eligible if the total countable household resources do not exceed:

  • $3,000.00 when a person who is aged or disabled and who meets relationship requirements lives in the home or

  • $2,000.00 for all other households.

Income: A household is eligible if its monthly net income does not exceed 21% of the Federal Poverty Guideline (FPG).  Counties may choose to increase the monthly income standard to a maximum of 50% FPG, and still qualify to apply for state assistance funds.

CIHCP Monthly Income Standards Effective April 2018

Based on the 2018 Federal Poverty Guideline (FPG)

# of Individuals in the CIHCPHousehold

21% FPG Minimum Income Standard

50% FPG Maximum Income Standard

 

1

$213

$506

2

$289

$686

3

$364

$866

4

$440

$1,046

5

$515

$1,226

6

$591

$1,406

7

$667

$1,586

8

$742

$1,766

9

$818

$1,946

10

$893

$2,126

11

$969

$2,306

12

$1,045

$2,486

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Eligibility

Career Phase:
Discharges Allowed:
  • No Minimum Discharge
Military Branch:
Programs for Family Members:
Service Counties:
  • Anderson
  • Andrews
  • Angelina
  • Aransas
  • Archer
  • Armstrong
  • Atascosa
  • Austin
  • Bailey
  • Bandera
  • Bastrop
  • Baylor
  • Bee
  • Bell
  • Bexar
  • Blanco
  • Borden
  • Bosque
  • Bowie
  • Brazoria
  • Brazos
  • Brewster
  • Briscoe
  • Brooks
  • Brown
  • Burleson
  • Burnet
  • Caldwell
  • Calhoun
  • Callahan
  • Cameron
  • Camp
  • Carson
  • Cass
  • Castro
  • Chambers
  • Cherokee
  • Childress
  • Clay
  • Cochran
  • Coke
  • Coleman
  • Collin
  • Collingsworth
  • Colorado
  • Comal
  • Comanche
  • Concho
  • Cooke
  • Coryell
  • Cottle
  • Crane
  • Crockett
  • Crosby
  • Culberson
  • Dallam
  • Dallas
  • Dawson
  • Deaf Smith
  • Delta
  • Denton
  • DeWitt
  • Dickens
  • Dimmit
  • Donley
  • Duval
  • Eastland
  • Ector
  • Edwards
  • El Paso
  • Ellis
  • Erath
  • Falls
  • Fannin
  • Fayette
  • Fisher
  • Floyd
  • Foard
  • Fort Bend
  • Franklin
  • Freestone
  • Frio
  • Gaines
  • Galveston
  • Garza
  • Gillespie
  • Glasscock
  • Goliad
  • Gonzales
  • Gray
  • Grayson
  • Gregg
  • Grimes
  • Guadalupe
  • Hale
  • Hall
  • Hamilton
  • Hansford
  • Hardeman
  • Virtual - Online Only
  • Hardin
  • Harris
  • Harrison
  • Hartley
  • Haskell
  • Hays
  • Hemphill
  • Henderson
  • Hidalgo
  • Hill
  • Hockley
  • Hood
  • Hopkins
  • Houston
  • Howard
  • Hudspeth
  • Hunt
  • Hutchinson
  • Irion
  • Jack
  • Jackson
  • Jasper
  • Jeff Davis
  • Jefferson
  • Jim Hogg
  • Jim Wells
  • Johnson
  • Jones
  • Karnes
  • Kaufman
  • Kendall
  • Kenedy
  • Kent
  • Kerr
  • Kimble
  • King
  • Kinney
  • Kleberg
  • Knox
  • La Salle
  • Lamar
  • Lamb
  • Lampasas
  • Lavaca
  • Lee
  • Leon
  • Liberty
  • Limestone
  • Lipscomb
  • Live Oak
  • Llano
  • Loving
  • Lubbock
  • Lynn
  • Madison
  • Marion
  • Martin
  • Mason
  • Matagorda
  • Maverick
  • McCulloch
  • McLennan
  • McMullen
  • Medina
  • Menard
  • Midland
  • Milam
  • Mills
  • Mitchell
  • Montague
  • Montgomery
  • Moore
  • Morris
  • Motley
  • Nacogdoches
  • Navarro
  • Newton
  • Nolan
  • Nueces
  • Ochiltree
  • Oldham
  • Orange
  • Palo Pinto
  • Panola
  • Parker
  • Parmer
  • Pecos
  • Polk
  • Potter
  • Presidio
  • Rains
  • Randall
  • Reagan
  • Real
  • Red River
  • Reeves
  • Refugio
  • Roberts
  • Robertson
  • Rockwall
  • Runnels
  • Rusk
  • Sabine
  • San Augustine
  • San Jacinto
  • San Patricio
  • San Saba
  • Schleicher
  • Scurry
  • Shackelford
  • Shelby
  • Sherman
  • Smith
  • Somervell
  • Starr
  • Stephens
  • Sterling
  • Stonewall
  • Sutton
  • Swisher
  • Tarrant
  • Taylor
  • Terrell
  • Terry
  • Throckmorton
  • Titus
  • Tom Green
  • Travis
  • Trinity
  • Tyler
  • Upshur
  • Upton
  • Uvalde
  • Val Verde
  • Van Zandt
  • Victoria
  • Walker
  • Waller
  • Ward
  • Washington
  • Webb
  • Wharton
  • Wheeler
  • Wichita
  • Wilbarger
  • Willacy
  • Williamson
  • Wilson
  • Winkler
  • Wise
  • Wood
  • Yoakum
  • Young
  • Zapata
  • Zavala
Services Category:
  • PH - Medical Facility
  • PH - Dental
  • PH - Prescription Assistance
VA Disability Rating Requirement:
  • No Disability Requirement
Vet Plus: