CHIP Program Updates
Join Texas WIC
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides Texas families real support to get healthy and stay healthy. Pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children up to their 5th birthday are eligible for WIC. Click here to learn more.
Mosquito Repellent Benefit
Texas covers certain mosquito repellent products for the prevention of Zika virus as a benefit in Medicaid and other state programs. The mosquito repellent benefit begins February 12, 2018, and will run continuously year-round.
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Updated CHIP Value-Added Services
The following are new Value-Added Services for CHIP Members, effective September 1, 2017:
- One Expecting the Best® packet per pregnancy for pregnant FirstCare members. The packet includes a pregnancy handbook and other educational materials.
- One $25 gift card for FirstCare members who receive timely postpartum visits. Postpartum visits are considered timely if the visit happens within 21 to 56 days after delivery.
- One $15 gift card per year for new or existing FirstCare members age 20 and under who get a timely well-child check up.
- One $20 gift card for FirstCare members who have a follow-up doctor visit within 7 days of discharge from a behavioral health hospital stay.
- One $25 gift card per year for new or existing FirstCare members who participate in FirstCare’s Asthma Disease Management program.
- One $75 gift card for newborn supplies for pregnant FirstCare members who receive timely prenatal checkups. Pre-natal checkups are considered timely if visits happen in the first trimester, or within 42 days of enrollment with FirstCare.