SNAP Update and ResourcesActualización y recursos de SNAP
On November 1, 2025, the requirements to receive and apply to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits have changed. To see the new policies to request SNAP benefits, click here and/or call 211 for SNAP assistance. Learn more
El 1 de noviembre de 2025, cambiaron los requisitos para recibir y aplicar para los beneficios del Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP, por sus siglas en inglés). Para consultar las nuevas políticas para aplicar para los beneficios de SNAP, haz clic aquí o llama al 211 para obtener ayuda de SNAP. Aprende Más
Transportation UpdateActualización de transporte
Starting December 15, 2025, SafeRide Health will become the new provider for all member rides to doctor appointments and pharmacy visits. After this date, Texas Children’s Health Plan will no longer use MTM for Non Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) services.
For other questions, please call Member Services at the number on the back of your member ID card.
A partir del 15 de diciembre de 2025, SafeRide Health será el nuevo proveedor para todos los viajes de los miembros a citas médicas y visitas a la farmacia. Después de esta fecha, Texas Children’s Health Plan ya no usará MTM para los servicios de Transporte Médico No Urgente (NEMT).
Attention: All Providers
Effective Date: September 1, 2020
Providers should monitor the Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) Provider Portal regularly for alerts and updates associated to the COVID-19 event. TCHP reserves the right to update and/or change this information without prior notice due to the evolving nature of the COVID-19 event.Call to action: Effective September 1, 2020, the Vendor Drug Program (VDP) will implement a uniform opioid policy to encourage appropriate use and reduce opioid over-prescribing. The opioid policy does notapply to chronic pain, pain treatment as part of cancer care, hospice care, or other end-of-life or palliative care. If diagnoses are not available in the medical data, exemptions will be handled on a case-by-case basis through the prior authorization process.How this impacts providers:A provider may write an opioid prescription for up to 10 days without a refill. Authorization will be required if the total daily dose of opioids exceeds 90 MME(morphine milligram equivalent) for members that no longer meet the definition of opioid naïve. A tapering plan may be established and approved on a case-by-case basis. If approved, the authorization is good for 6 months.Opioid naïve is defined as members who have taken opioids for a duration less than or equal to 7 days in the prior 60-day period.MME is an opioid dosage's equivalency to morphine, and is usedto gauge opioid potential overdose risks. Ninety (90) MME per day for commonly prescribed opioids include:
90 mg of hydrocodone (9 tablets of hydrocodone/acetaminophen 10mg/325mg)
60 mg of oxycodone (2 tablets of oxycodone sustained-release 30 mg)
