{
  "name": "medfrail.com letter deadlines",
  "version": "2026-10-27",
  "note": "How many days a person has after a Medicaid letter, a SNAP letter or a landlord's notice, as the federal rules say. Every row names its rule and source. Day counts come from the rules; the dates are worked out on the person's own device from the date on their letter. The date printed on the letter is the one that counts when it gives more time. Where a rule sets no number of days, the row says so and no date is invented. The state agency, the landlord's court and a hearing officer decide; this file only says what the rule says. Read 2026-10-27.",
  "fields": {
    "text": "what the rule means for the person, in plain words; {date} is filled with the worked-out date",
    "days": "the day count the rule sets, when it sets one",
    "cite": "the rule",
    "source": "id of the source in sources",
    "quote": "exact words from the source"
  },
  "medicaid": {
    "renew_30": {
      "days": 30,
      "text": "Send the renewal form back by the date printed on it. The state must give you at least 30 days from the date of the form, so it cannot be due before {date}.",
      "cite": "42 CFR 435.916(a)(3)(i)(B)",
      "source": "ecfr_435_916",
      "quote": "At least 30 days from the date of the renewal form to respond and provide any necessary information"
    },
    "renew_90": {
      "days": 90,
      "text": "If coverage ended because the form or papers did not arrive, send the form back by {date} (90 days after coverage ended; your state may allow longer). The state must look at it again without making you file a new application.",
      "cite": "42 CFR 435.916(a)(3)(iii)",
      "source": "ecfr_435_916",
      "quote": "if the individual subsequently submits the renewal form within 90 days after the date of termination, or a longer period elected by the State, without requiring a new application"
    },
    "renew_data_first": {
      "text": "The state must try to renew you from records it already has before it sends a form. No in-person interview can be required to renew.",
      "cite": "42 CFR 435.916(a)(2), (a)(3)(iv)",
      "source": "ecfr_435_916"
    },
    "renew_6mo": {
      "text": "Adults in the Medicaid expansion group: for renewals scheduled from January 1, 2027, states must renew you every 6 months instead of every 12. Expect these letters twice a year.",
      "cite": "Pub. L. 119-21 sec. 71107 (Social Security Act 1902(e)(14)(L))",
      "source": "plaw_119_21"
    },
    "papers_reasonable": {
      "text": "No federal rule sets a number of days for a request for papers: the state must give you \"a reasonable period\". Use the date in your letter, and if you need more time, ask before that date and write down who you asked.",
      "cite": "42 CFR 435.952(c)(2)(iii)",
      "source": "ecfr_435_952",
      "quote": "The agency must provide the individual a reasonable period to furnish any additional information"
    },
    "papers_records_first": {
      "text": "The state may ask you for papers only when it cannot get the information from its own data sources, or what it found does not match what you said.",
      "cite": "42 CFR 435.952(c)",
      "source": "ecfr_435_952"
    },
    "papers_self_attest": {
      "text": "If a paper does not exist or you cannot get it (for example after homelessness, domestic violence or a disaster), ask the state to accept your own signed statement. It must have a way to allow that case by case, except for proof of citizenship or immigration status.",
      "cite": "42 CFR 435.952(c)(3)",
      "source": "ecfr_435_952"
    },
    "papers_no_cut_without_notice": {
      "text": "The state cannot end or cut your coverage over data it found unless it first asked you about it and sent a notice with your hearing rights.",
      "cite": "42 CFR 435.952(d)",
      "source": "ecfr_435_952"
    },
    "keep_while_appealing": {
      "text": "Ask for a fair hearing by {date} (before the date the change takes effect) and your coverage usually stays on until the hearing decides.",
      "cite": "42 CFR 431.230(a)",
      "source": "ecfr_431_e"
    },
    "reinstate_10": {
      "days": 10,
      "text": "Missed that? If you ask for a hearing by {date} (10 days after the change took effect), the state may turn your coverage back on while you wait. It is allowed, not required.",
      "cite": "42 CFR 431.231(a)",
      "source": "ecfr_431_e"
    },
    "hearing_state": {
      "text": "Last day to ask for a fair hearing in {state}: {date} ({days} days from the date on the notice, as the state publishes it). If your notice gives a later date, the notice wins.",
      "cite": "your state's published deadline, in appeals.json",
      "source": "appeals"
    },
    "hearing_90": {
      "days": 90,
      "text": "Last day to ask for a fair hearing: no later than {date}. Each state sets its own time, up to 90 days from the date the notice was mailed, and some allow less, so the date on your notice is the one that counts. Read it today.",
      "cite": "42 CFR 431.221(d)",
      "source": "ecfr_431_e",
      "quote": "a reasonable time, not to exceed 90 days from the date that notice of action is mailed"
    },
    "short_notice": {
      "days": 10,
      "text": "Your notice came fewer than 10 days before the change takes effect. The state generally has to mail it at least 10 days before. Ask the state why, and ask for a hearing now.",
      "cite": "42 CFR 431.211",
      "source": "ecfr_431_e"
    },
    "marketplace_60": {
      "days": 60,
      "text": "Losing Medicaid opens a 60-day window to pick a Marketplace plan (HealthCare.gov or your state's site): through {date}, counting from the last day you had coverage. You can also start up to 60 days before coverage ends.",
      "cite": "45 CFR 155.420(c)(1)-(2), (d)(1)(i)",
      "source": "ecfr_155_420"
    },
    "work_rule_no_subsidy": {
      "text": "If Medicaid ended because of the work rule, then for the Marketplace premium tax credit the law counts you as if Medicaid were still open to you, so you cannot get that credit for those months. A fair hearing, or getting back on Medicaid once you meet the rule or are exempt, is the faster path.",
      "cite": "Pub. L. 119-21 sec. 71119 (Social Security Act 1902(xx)(7)(B)); 26 U.S.C. 36B(c)(2)(B)",
      "source": "plaw_119_21"
    }
  },
  "snap": {
    "advance_10": {
      "days": 10,
      "text": "A notice that cuts or stops SNAP must reach the household at least 10 days before the change. Yours gives {n} days.",
      "cite": "7 CFR 273.13(a)(1)",
      "source": "ecfr_273_13",
      "quote": "the period includes at least 10 days from the date the notice is mailed to the date upon which the action becomes effective"
    },
    "short_notice": {
      "text": "That is fewer than 10 days. Ask the SNAP office why, and ask for a hearing now. (Some notices, such as after a report you sent, can come later; ask which applies.)",
      "cite": "7 CFR 273.13(a)(1), (b)",
      "source": "ecfr_273_13"
    },
    "keep_while_appealing": {
      "text": "Ask for a fair hearing by {date} (before the change takes effect) and your SNAP continues at the old amount until the hearing decides, unless you say you do not want that. If you lose the hearing, the extra SNAP you got while waiting is owed back.",
      "cite": "7 CFR 273.15(k)(1)",
      "source": "ecfr_273_15"
    },
    "weekend": {
      "text": "If that last day falls on a weekend or holiday, a request that arrives the next working day still counts.",
      "cite": "7 CFR 273.13(a)(1)",
      "source": "ecfr_273_13"
    },
    "hearing_90": {
      "days": 90,
      "text": "Last day to ask for a fair hearing on this change: {date} (90 days after it took effect). You can ask out loud or in writing.",
      "cite": "7 CFR 273.15(g), (h)",
      "source": "ecfr_273_15",
      "quote": "A household shall be allowed to request a hearing on any action by the State agency or loss of benefits which occurred in the prior 90 days."
    },
    "good_cause": {
      "text": "Missed the date for keeping SNAP during the appeal? If you had good cause, the state must put your SNAP back at the old amount.",
      "cite": "7 CFR 273.15(k)(1)",
      "source": "ecfr_273_15"
    }
  },
  "landlord": {
    "hud_rent_30": {
      "days": 30,
      "text": "In public housing and in buildings with HUD project-based help (a Section 8 building, Section 202 or 811 housing), a notice for unpaid rent must give at least 30 days. The landlord cannot file an eviction before {date}.",
      "cite": "24 CFR 966.4(l)(3)(i)(A); 24 CFR 247.4(c); 24 CFR 880.607(c)(6)",
      "source": "ecfr_966_4"
    },
    "hud_pay_stops": {
      "text": "If you pay the amount the notice says you owe within those 30 days, the landlord must not file the eviction. The notice must list what you owe month by month and tell you how to report a drop in income or ask for a hardship exemption: ask for both now if your income fell.",
      "cite": "24 CFR 966.4(l)(3)(ii), (r); 24 CFR 247.4(c), (e)",
      "source": "ecfr_247_4"
    },
    "hud_not_before_due": {
      "text": "The notice cannot be given before the day after the rent was due under the lease.",
      "cite": "24 CFR 966.4(r); 24 CFR 247.4(c)",
      "source": "ecfr_966_4"
    },
    "hud_status": {
      "text": "HUD proposed in February 2026 to end this 30-day rule, then delayed that change indefinitely in March 2026 and now treats it as a proposal. As of October 23, 2026 the 30-day rule is still in the federal regulations. Ask legal aid if your landlord says otherwise.",
      "cite": "91 FR 9449 (Feb. 26, 2026); 91 FR 12301 (Mar. 13, 2026); eCFR as of Oct. 23, 2026",
      "source": "fr_2026_04990"
    },
    "public_other": {
      "days": 30,
      "text": "Public housing, a reason other than rent: usually 30 days ({date}). It can be shorter if your state allows it, or when the housing agency says someone's health or safety is threatened or names certain criminal activity. The notice must give the reasons and tell you how to ask for a grievance hearing if you have that right.",
      "cite": "24 CFR 966.4(l)(3)(i)(B)-(C), (ii)",
      "source": "ecfr_966_4"
    },
    "pbra_other": {
      "text": "A HUD project-based building, a reason other than rent: if the reason is \"other good cause\", the notice can take effect only at the end of a lease term and no sooner than 30 days after you got it ({date}). For a lease violation, the lease and state law set the time. The landlord can make you leave only through a court case, where you can defend yourself.",
      "cite": "24 CFR 247.4(a)(3), (c)",
      "source": "ecfr_247_4",
      "days": 30
    },
    "cares_30": {
      "days": 30,
      "text": "If your home has a federal tie (for example a housing voucher, a tax-credit (LIHTC) building, rural housing help, or a mortgage backed by the government, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac), a 2020 federal law says the landlord may not require you to leave before 30 days after a notice to vacate: not before {date}. Ask legal aid whether it covers your home.",
      "cite": "15 U.S.C. 9058(a)(2), (c)(1)",
      "source": "usc_15_9058"
    },
    "co_2019": {
      "text": "Colorado (if no federal rule above gives more time): a 2019 law set 10 days' notice to pay or fix a problem for most rented homes, and 5 days for a single-family home whose landlord owns 5 or fewer of them. That is from the law as passed in 2019; the current statute text was not readable to us, so check it with legal aid.",
      "cite": "Colorado HB19-1118 (signed May 20, 2019), bill summary",
      "source": "co_hb19_1118"
    },
    "state_law": {
      "text": "Homes with no federal tie follow your state's law, which sets its own number of days. Call legal aid today: read the notice to them.",
      "cite": "state law",
      "source": "lsc"
    },
    "court": {
      "text": "Our advice, not a rule: a notice is not a court order. If court papers come, they carry their own deadline to answer. Do not miss it.",
      "cite": "",
      "source": "lsc"
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "ecfr_435_916",
      "title": "42 CFR 435.916, periodic renewal of Medicaid eligibility (eCFR, as amended 91 FR 33480, June 3, 2026)",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-435.916",
      "read": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "ecfr_435_952",
      "title": "42 CFR 435.952, use of information and requests for more information (eCFR)",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-435.952",
      "read": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "ecfr_431_e",
      "title": "42 CFR 431, subpart E, fair hearings (eCFR)",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/chapter-IV/subchapter-C/part-431/subpart-E",
      "read": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "appeals",
      "title": "medfrail.com state fair-hearing rows, each sourced to the state's own page",
      "url": "https://www.medfrail.com/appeals.json",
      "read": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "plaw_119_21",
      "title": "Public Law 119-21, sections 71107 and 71119 (govinfo)",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm",
      "read": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "ecfr_155_420",
      "title": "45 CFR 155.420, Marketplace special enrollment periods (eCFR)",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/section-155.420",
      "read": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "ecfr_273_13",
      "title": "7 CFR 273.13, SNAP notice of adverse action (eCFR)",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/section-273.13",
      "read": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "ecfr_273_15",
      "title": "7 CFR 273.15, SNAP fair hearings (eCFR)",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/section-273.15",
      "read": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "ecfr_966_4",
      "title": "24 CFR 966.4, public housing lease requirements (eCFR)",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-24/section-966.4",
      "read": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "ecfr_247_4",
      "title": "24 CFR 247.4, termination notice in HUD subsidized projects (eCFR)",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-24/section-247.4",
      "read": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "ecfr_880_607",
      "title": "24 CFR 880.607, Section 8 project termination of tenancy (eCFR)",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-24/section-880.607",
      "read": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "fr_2026_04990",
      "title": "HUD, revocation of the 30-day notification requirement: indefinite delay of effective date, 91 FR 12301 (Federal Register, Mar. 13, 2026)",
      "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/13/2026-04990/revocation-of-the-30-day-notification-requirement-prior-to-termination-of-lease-for-nonpayment-of",
      "read": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "usc_15_9058",
      "title": "15 U.S.C. 9058, CARES Act notice to vacate (Cornell LII)",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/9058",
      "read": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "co_hb19_1118",
      "title": "Colorado General Assembly, HB19-1118 Time Period To Cure Lease Violation",
      "url": "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1118",
      "read": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "lsc",
      "title": "Legal Services Corporation, find legal aid near you",
      "url": "https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/what-legal-aid/i-need-legal-help",
      "read": "2026-10-27"
    }
  ],
  "unknowns": [
    "Colorado's current eviction-notice statute text: coloradojudicial.gov and the statute host refused automated reads on 2026-10-27; only the 2019 bill summary was read.",
    "Whether 15 U.S.C. 9058(c) still applies after the 2020 pause ended is argued; the page tells people to ask legal aid rather than say.",
    "State SNAP hearing offices and any state rule that gives more than the federal minimum."
  ]
}