Mental Health

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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Medicaid Mental Health 101

Closing the Gaps: Medicaid Mental Health Coverage

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Medicaid Mental Health Testimony for Senate Health & Human Services 9.18.24

Food for Thought Presentation: Medicaid Mental Health Coverage

Closing the Gaps: Medicaid Mental Health Coverage

Texas Families Struggle as Medicaid Falls Short on Mental Health Care

Mental Health Matters: Enhancing Access and Coverage in Texas

Medicaid Monday: Mental Health Innovations in Managed Care

Value of Coverage: Mental Health

TAHP Recommends HHSC Request Funding for Mental Health in 2026-27 LAR

TAHP Comments on Proposed Chemical Dependency Rule

Testimony Opposing HB 4713: First Episode Psychosis

Closing the Gaps: Medicaid Mental Health Coverage

Food for Thought Presentation: Medicaid Mental Health Coverage

Medicaid Mental Health Testimony for Senate Health & Human Services 9.18.24

Testimony Opposing HB 4713: First Episode Psychosis

TAHP Recommends HHSC Request Funding for Mental Health in 2026-27 LAR

TAHP Comments on Proposed Chemical Dependency Rule

Texas Families Struggle as Medicaid Falls Short on Mental Health Care

Mental Health Matters: Enhancing Access and Coverage in Texas

Medicaid Monday: Mental Health Innovations in Managed Care

Value of Coverage: Mental Health

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