Medicaid Mental Health Coverage

Texas Medicaid doesn’t cover the full range of mental health care services that employers and commercial insurers offer families, leaving millions—especially children—without the help they need.

Closing the Gaps: Medicaid Mental Health Coverage

1 in 5 adults
have a mental illness but only half get treatment.

1 in 3 Texans

on Medicaid live with a mental health or substance abuse problem.

A quarter of school students

have seriously considered suicide within the past year.

Medicaid & CHIP cover 4 million Texans, including half of Texas kids. Closing gaps in covered mental health services will improve access for vulnerable Texans by making the same full continuum of care available to privately insured Texans. State estimates show that getting the right care at the right time through these added services creates taxpayer savings.

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Closing the Gaps: Medicaid Mental Health Coverage