HHSC: Healthy Texas Women Post Award Public Forum

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have reached an agreement to provide comprehensive women’s health services through a Medicaid demonstration waiver over the next five years. Click to view the CMS approval letter (PDF) and CMS approved Healthy Texas Women Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver (PDF). HHS launched the Healthy Texas Women (HTW) program on July 1, 2016. The program provides women's health and family planning services at no cost to eligible, low-income Texas women. At this meeting, HHSC will provide updates on the Healthy Texas Women 1115 waiver, and the public will have an opportunity to provide comments. Follow this link to see details about the Healthy Texas Women Program and related programs. Through the HTW demonstration, HHS seeks to enhance women's health care services by increasing access to and participation in the HTW program. HTW demonstration services will be made available statewide to el