HHSC: STAR+PLUS Pilot Program Workgroup

The STAR+PLUS Pilot Program Workgroup is created by Section 534.1015, Texas Government Code, to advise the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) on the development, operation and evaluation of a new STAR+PLUS Pilot Program (Pilot). The law requires HHSC to design and implement the STAR+PLUS Pilot Program by September 1, 2023 in consultation and collaboration with both the STAR+PLUS Pilot Program Workgroup and the Intellectual and Developmental Disability System Redesign Advisory Committee. The Pilot will operate in the STAR+PLUS Medicaid managed care program and test the managed care delivery of long-term services and supports (LTSS) for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), traumatic brain injury that occurred after age 21, or people with similar functional needs as a person with IDD. The pilot must start by September 1, 2023, go for at least 24 months, and include an evaluation. The evaluation will include wide-ranging information on the res