AUSTIN, Texas — Starting on March 1, Texas will provide 12 months of postpartum care for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program beneficiaries who qualify, according to Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
“Working with partners in the Texas Legislature last year—including Senator Lois Kolkhorst and Representative Toni Rose—we delivered critical bipartisan legislation to extend postpartum coverage for Texas mothers from two months to one year," said Governor Abbott. "By extending postpartum Medicaid and CHIP coverage, we will help ensure new mothers and the most vulnerable young Texans receive critical healthcare resources they need to care for their families and thrive."
House Bill 12 was signed into law in 2023, extending Medicaid and CHIP postpartum care from two months to 12 months.
The extended coverage applies to all pregnant Medicaid and CHIP members, or those who get pregnant.
Governor Abbott and the HHSC announced in January that Texas got approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement this postpartum coverage.
Individuals who live in Texas and were pregnant while enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP will have their coverage automatically restored for the rest of their 12-month postpartum period.
Some services covered by Medicaid and CHIP are regular medical checkups, prescription drugs and vaccines, hospital care and services, along with X-rays and lab tests.
The press release states that approximately 137,000 women will benefit from 12-month postpartum coverage in the fiscal year 2025.
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