Health coverage — including insurance kids receive via Medicaid — is key to healthy kids.
Texas has an effective, accurate system for determining eligibility for Children’s Medicaid when kids first apply and during the annual renewal process. But the current system for mid-year reviews of children’s Medicaid eligibility — at 5, 6, 7, and 8 months after approving initial applications — takes shortcuts, makes mistakes, and leads to eligible kids losing health coverage. Children cycling on and off of health coverage due to the messy, frequent, mid-year reviews have several negative consequences.
CSHB 290 by Rep. Philip Cortez will reduce mistakes and keep eligible kids enrolled in Medicaid insurance.
