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- Press Release/Media AdvisoryAugust 10, 2022The USDA has awarded Texas HHSC a federal grant of more than $400,000 to further the agency’s fraud prevention efforts for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Topics: Health, Benefits
- Provider NewsJuly 14, 2022The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has opened the draft of HB 4 Telecommunications policies for public comment.
Topics: Benefits, Health
- NewsJune 1, 2022Gov. Greg Abbott announced that HHSC is providing more than $317.9 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food benefits for the month of June.
Topics: Benefits, Health
- PagesStarting Sept. 1, 2017, women in the Medicaid for Breast and Cervical Cancer (MBCC) program will receive all their Medicaid services, including cancer treatment, through the STAR+PLUS health plan they pick.
Topics: Benefits, Health, Women
- PagesSNAP food benefits are put on to the Lone Star Card and can be used just like a debit card at any store that accepts SNAP.
Topics: Benefits, Financial, Food, Health
- PagesContact information for health plans.
Topics: Benefits, Health, Contact
- PagesTANF provides cash payments to help families pay for food, clothing, housing and other essentials.
Topics: Benefits, Financial, Health
- PagesThe SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot allows SNAP recipients in Texas to buy food online from ALDI, Amazon, H-E-B and Walmart. This will make it easier to get food by having the option to pick it up or get it delivered.
Topics: Benefits, COVID-19, Financial, Food, Health
- PagesHHS is partnering with the Texas Department of Agriculture and the Texas Education Agency to provide school year 2021–2022 Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) benefits to eligible children.
Topics: Benefits, Children, COVID-19, Financial, Food, Health
- PagesCHIP covers children in families that earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford to buy private insurance.
Topics: Benefits, Children, Financial, Health
- PagesMost Medicaid services and all Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) services are delivered through health plans. If you have Medicaid or CHIP, your health plan makes sure you get the health care services you need.
Topics: Benefits, Children, Financial, Health
- PagesThis page provides information about COVID-19 to Texans receiving HHS services.
Topics: Aging, Benefits, Children, COVID-19, Financial, Food, Health, Mental Health, Reporting, Women, Complaints
- PagesAfter you're approved for Medicaid or CHIP, you must pick a health plan. You will have at least two plans to choose from. Your health plan choices depend on where you live (PDF) and the program you're enrolled in.
Topics: Aging, Benefits, Children, Disability, Health, Women
- PagesMedicaid and CHIP services has programs for seniors seeking assistance with long-term care services, health insurance or health insurance assistance.
Topics: Aging, Benefits, Health
- PagesIf you're looking for long-term care services and want to know what your options are, call 2-1-1, our hotline service for helping you find the services you need. If you have an intellectual or developmental disability or multiple disabilities, a local intellectual and developmental disability authority can help you find the services you need.
Topics: Aging, Benefits, Children, Disability, Health