Texas Health and Human Services Commission
STAR Health · About this organization
What you get
Medicaid health coverage and help coordinating care through foster-care services.
How to start
Ask your hospital team about receiving this help during care.
The details, as published
STAR Health is the Texas Medicaid managed-care branch for children in DFPS conservatorship, some youth in extended foster care, and qualifying former foster-care youth. All members receive service coordination alongside covered Medicaid physical, behavioral, pharmacy, and other health services; ordinary families outside foster-care pathways are not eligible.
What help you may get
Medical And Insurance Costs
STAR Health — medical and insurance costs
STAR Health is the Texas Medicaid managed-care branch for children in DFPS conservatorship, some youth in extended foster care, and qualifying former foster-care youth. All members receive service coordination alongside covered Medicaid physical, behavioral, pharmacy, and other health services; ordinary families outside foster-care pathways are not eligible.
Amount not published
Navigation Guides And Advocacy
STAR Health — navigation guides and advocacy
STAR Health is the Texas Medicaid managed-care branch for children in DFPS conservatorship, some youth in extended foster care, and qualifying former foster-care youth. All members receive service coordination alongside covered Medicaid physical, behavioral, pharmacy, and other health services; ordinary families outside foster-care pathways are not eligible.
Amount not published
Why this may help
Medical And Insurance Costs: STAR Health combines covered medical services with service coordination for foster-care members.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A child with B-ALL qualifies only if also in a STAR Health foster-care eligibility pathway.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
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.
- Eligibility and enrollment are tied to the DFPS or qualifying former-foster-care pathway.
Ways to apply or ask
- Automatic Distribution
- Web Form
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
- Restricted to published foster-care and former-foster-care pathways.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- STAR Health · checked Aug 24, 2026