This section provides resources to help you find affordable and low cost maternity health insurance in Texas, even if you are pregnant. Here you will also find resources for getting post-natal services, and other health care services for your children.
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Texas Maternal and Child Health Information and Referral Line
1-800-422-2956
This Information and Referral Hotline is a toll-free information and referral service if you're looking for low cost or no cost maternity health insurance in Texas. Callers will get information on health services such as prenatal care, health issues (including medically dependent children), and newborn screening that are available near where they live.
2-1-1 Hotline
211 is a free, easy-to-remember phone number connecting callers with health and human services in their area.
If you are looking for assistance in getting maternity health insurance in Texas, even when you're pregnant, you can call 211 and get referrals to maternal health care services available in your community.
211 can be accessed free using local land line. If you are using a cell phone or are calling from outside of Texas, you can call the direct number for the Area Information Center (AIC) you are trying to reach. For a list of direct numbers go to http://www.hhs.state.tx.us/tirn/aicsearch.asp
Texas Department of Health's Family Planning Program
Provides a variety of medical, educational and counseling services, including comprehensive health assessment, laboratory tests, pregnancy testing and counseling, referrals for prenatal and other medical care, postpartum evaluation. To learn more, call 512-458-7444.
Texcare / Texas Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
CHIP helps families who earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but can't afford to buy private insurance.
Families pay premiums and cost-sharing based on their income for services such as doctor visits, hospital care, surgery, x-rays, physical/speech/occupational therapies, prescription drugs, emergency care, transplants, and regular health check-ups and immunizations.
You can find out more about TexCare by calling 1-800-647-6558 or by visiting http://www.texcarepartnership.com/ for eligibility requirements and application.
Texas WIC Program
WIC provides low-income women, infants, and children nutrition education and counseling, nutritious foods, and assistance with access to health care. Call 1-800-942-3678 to find out more.
Maternity Health Insurance Texas: Resources
Health and Human Services Commission - administers certain health and human services programs in Texas including the Texas Medicaid Program, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Medicaid waste, fraud, and abuse investigations.
HHSC Headquarters 4900 N. Lamar Blvd. Austin, TX 78751-2316 Mailing Address PO Box 13247 Austin, TX 78711-3247 Telephone: 512-424-6500 (Voice) or 512-424-6597 (TDD) www.hhs.state.tx.us