HHSC: STAR Kids Managed Care Advisory Committee

The STAR Kids Managed Care Advisory Committee advises on the establishment and implementation of the STAR Kids Medicaid managed care program which provide services for children with disabilities who have Medicaid coverage to improve coordination and customization of care, access to care, health outcomes, cost containment and quality of care. Call to order. The meeting was called to order by the Chair, Elizabeth Tucker. A quorum was established. Adoption of April 17, 2019, minutes. The minutes were approved as written. Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Updates. Legislative Budget Board report. Stephanie Stevens made the presentation. The Eighty-third Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, directed the Health and Human Services Commission to establish a Medicaid managed-care program for children with disabilities intended to improve coordination and access to care while achieving cost containment. The new program, called STAR Kids, provided services to approx