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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is standing by its decision not to award a large Medicaid contract to Cook Children’s Health Plan, a major provider of Medicaid health insurance to ...
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission, which operates these programs — called STAR and CHIP — shocked many pediatric providers in Tarrant County in March when it decided not to award ...
Bailee is one of 10,812 Texas children who lost Medicaid coverage and then were enrolled in the state's Children's Health Insurance Program. ... This does not affect the Star Plus plan for adults ...
Logo of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) – formerly known as the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) – is a program administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides matching funds to states for health insurance to families with children. [1]
"Hey Texas Children’s Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine this doctor is putting your Medicaid & Medicare funding at risk. [You] better think twice & have crystal clear records," Abbott wrote.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is an agency within the Texas Health and Human Services System. It was established by House Bill 2292 in 2003 during the 78th Legislature, [ 1 ] which consolidated twelve different healthcare agencies into five entities under the oversight of HHSC.
Further, Texas has allowed for parents to exempt their children from vaccines on the basis of religious belief since 2003. [49] In October 2021 Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order GA-40 banning any entity in Texas from requiring a covid-19 vaccine or compelling the receipt of a covid-19 vaccine. [ 50 ]
Currently, Cook Children’s Health Plan has two state contracts. One is to provide Medicaid health insurance to all of the kids and pregnant people enrolled in the STAR and CHIP programs.