Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Medicaid Pediatric Hospice and Concurrent Curative Care · About this organization
What you get
Hospice care with nursing, medicines, personal help, therapies, respite, and support for loved ones.
How to start
Your social worker sends the referral.
The details, as published
Texas Medicaid hospice covers palliative and supportive care, physician and nursing services, personal assistance, therapies, medications, respite, and counseling or support for loved ones when terminal-illness and program rules are met. Members under 21 may continue curative treatment while receiving hospice; certification, provider enrollment, medical necessity, and plan authorization remain required.
What help you may get
Bereavement And Memorial Support
Medicaid Pediatric Hospice and Concurrent Curative Care — bereavement and memorial support
Texas Medicaid hospice covers palliative and supportive care, physician and nursing services, personal assistance, therapies, medications, respite, and counseling or support for loved ones when terminal-illness and program rules are met. Members under 21 may continue curative treatment while receiving hospice; certification, provider enrollment, medical necessity, and plan authorization remain required.
Amount not published
Medical And Insurance Costs
Medicaid Pediatric Hospice and Concurrent Curative Care — medical and insurance costs
Texas Medicaid hospice covers palliative and supportive care, physician and nursing services, personal assistance, therapies, medications, respite, and counseling or support for loved ones when terminal-illness and program rules are met. Members under 21 may continue curative treatment while receiving hospice; certification, provider enrollment, medical necessity, and plan authorization remain required.
Amount not published
Mental Health Therapy
Medicaid Pediatric Hospice and Concurrent Curative Care — mental health therapy
Texas Medicaid hospice covers palliative and supportive care, physician and nursing services, personal assistance, therapies, medications, respite, and counseling or support for loved ones when terminal-illness and program rules are met. Members under 21 may continue curative treatment while receiving hospice; certification, provider enrollment, medical necessity, and plan authorization remain required.
Amount not published
Peer And Emotional Support
Medicaid Pediatric Hospice and Concurrent Curative Care — peer and emotional support
Texas Medicaid hospice covers palliative and supportive care, physician and nursing services, personal assistance, therapies, medications, respite, and counseling or support for loved ones when terminal-illness and program rules are met. Members under 21 may continue curative treatment while receiving hospice; certification, provider enrollment, medical necessity, and plan authorization remain required.
Amount not published
Practical Items And Home Help
Medicaid Pediatric Hospice and Concurrent Curative Care — practical items and home help
Texas Medicaid hospice covers palliative and supportive care, physician and nursing services, personal assistance, therapies, medications, respite, and counseling or support for loved ones when terminal-illness and program rules are met. Members under 21 may continue curative treatment while receiving hospice; certification, provider enrollment, medical necessity, and plan authorization remain required.
Amount not published
Why this may help
Medical And Insurance Costs: Hospice coverage includes nursing, medications, therapies and other palliative care.
Mental Health Therapy: Counseling for your child and loved ones is included in the hospice care benefit.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A Medicaid-covered child with terminal B-ALL may receive hospice while continuing curative treatment under age 21.
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
Treatment must be through: Medicaid-enrolled hospice provider.
- Medicaid-enrolled hospice provider
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.
- A physician completes terminal-illness certification and the hospice provider coordinates election and authorization.
- Discuss hospice and concurrent curative care with the treatment team and Medicaid plan.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
- Terminal-illness certification, Medicaid eligibility, hospice election, provider availability, and authorization rules apply.
- Actual oncology palliative services outside hospice depend on coding and plan medical-necessity review.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Medicaid Pediatric Hospice and Concurrent Curative Care · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Medicaid Pediatric Hospice and Concurrent Curative Care · checked Aug 24, 2026