Starting today, Medicaid patients in Texas have 12 months of postpartum coverage.
Texas lawmakers passed a postpartum extension, bringing coverage from two months to twelve months, at the end of the last legislative session. The state submitted the extension to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in October, and CMS approved it in January.
“That’s going to be a huge win for the health of folks who are wanting to become pregnant and have successful and healthy pregnancies,” said Stephanie LeBleu, the Title X project director at Every Body Texas.
LeBleu said many people who work in reproductive health have “identified the need” for 12 months of coverage for a long time.
“It’s very encouraging that we have gotten to this place,” she said. “Having a legislature that was able to pass this in a bipartisan way speaks loudly to an interest in supporting maternal health in the state.”
Source: Medicaid patients now have 12 months of postpartum coverage in Texas / KERA News