Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Texas Health Steps and Case Management · About this organization
What you get
Checkups, screenings, vaccines, follow-up care, and help finding medical, school, social, or equipment services.
How to start
Ask your Medicaid provider or call the listed number about case management. You or someone helping you can make the referral.
The details, as published
Texas Health Steps provides Medicaid members from birth through age 20 with scheduled medical and dental checkups, developmental, behavioral, vision, hearing, nutrition, and dental screening, immunizations, and medically necessary follow-up treatment. Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women lets anyone refer a covered child with a health condition or risk who has difficulty finding services for assessment, service planning, and medical, social, educational, or equipment connections.
What help you may get
Medical And Insurance Costs
Texas Health Steps and Case Management — medical and insurance costs
Texas Health Steps provides Medicaid members from birth through age 20 with scheduled medical and dental checkups, developmental, behavioral, vision, hearing, nutrition, and dental screening, immunizations, and medically necessary follow-up treatment. Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women lets anyone refer a covered child with a health condition or risk who has difficulty finding services for assessment, service planning, and medical, social, educational, or equipment connections.
Amount not published
Navigation Guides And Advocacy
Texas Health Steps and Case Management — navigation guides and advocacy
Texas Health Steps provides Medicaid members from birth through age 20 with scheduled medical and dental checkups, developmental, behavioral, vision, hearing, nutrition, and dental screening, immunizations, and medically necessary follow-up treatment. Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women lets anyone refer a covered child with a health condition or risk who has difficulty finding services for assessment, service planning, and medical, social, educational, or equipment connections.
Amount not published
School And Learning
Texas Health Steps and Case Management — school and learning
Texas Health Steps provides Medicaid members from birth through age 20 with scheduled medical and dental checkups, developmental, behavioral, vision, hearing, nutrition, and dental screening, immunizations, and medically necessary follow-up treatment. Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women lets anyone refer a covered child with a health condition or risk who has difficulty finding services for assessment, service planning, and medical, social, educational, or equipment connections.
Amount not published
Why this may help
Medical And Insurance Costs: Checkups and screening can lead to follow-up treatment for your child's medical needs.
School And Learning: Developmental and behavioral screening can identify needs affecting learning and connect you with follow-up care.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A Medicaid-covered child with B-ALL may use preventive, follow-up, and case-management services.
Age
Age 0 to age 20, measured at service date.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: TX.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
- Use the Medicaid provider or call Texas Health Steps at 877-847-8377; anyone may refer for case management.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow
- Phone · Open form or page · 877-847-8377
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
- Coverage, medical necessity, provider participation, and case-management eligibility apply.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Texas Health Steps and Case Management · checked Aug 24, 2026