Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Transportation for Indigent Cancer Patients · About this organization
What you get
Help getting to cancer care when Medicaid or CSHCN does not cover you.
How to start
Phone the listed number and ask for current Transportation for Indigent Cancer Patients eligibility and application instructions.
Good to know
- You cannot use this program if you can receive Medicaid or CSHCN.
The details, as published
Transportation for Indigent Cancer Patients is a state-funded cancer-specific eligibility pathway into the Medical Transportation Program for qualifying Texas residents with cancer or a cancer-related illness who meet financial and geographic rules and are not eligible for Medicaid or CSHCN. Current official materials confirm the pathway, but the direct consumer application and definitive 2026 county, income, document, certification, and renewal rules were inaccessible and must be confirmed by phone.
What help you may get
Lodging Near Treatment
Transportation for Indigent Cancer Patients — lodging near treatment
Transportation for Indigent Cancer Patients is a state-funded cancer-specific eligibility pathway into the Medical Transportation Program for qualifying Texas residents with cancer or a cancer-related illness who meet financial and geographic rules and are not eligible for Medicaid or CSHCN. Current official materials confirm the pathway, but the direct consumer application and definitive 2026 county, income, document, certification, and renewal rules were inaccessible and must be confirmed by phone.
Amount not published
Meals And Food
Transportation for Indigent Cancer Patients — meals and food
Transportation for Indigent Cancer Patients is a state-funded cancer-specific eligibility pathway into the Medical Transportation Program for qualifying Texas residents with cancer or a cancer-related illness who meet financial and geographic rules and are not eligible for Medicaid or CSHCN. Current official materials confirm the pathway, but the direct consumer application and definitive 2026 county, income, document, certification, and renewal rules were inaccessible and must be confirmed by phone.
Amount not published
Travel And Transportation
Transportation for Indigent Cancer Patients — travel and transportation
Transportation for Indigent Cancer Patients is a state-funded cancer-specific eligibility pathway into the Medical Transportation Program for qualifying Texas residents with cancer or a cancer-related illness who meet financial and geographic rules and are not eligible for Medicaid or CSHCN. Current official materials confirm the pathway, but the direct consumer application and definitive 2026 county, income, document, certification, and renewal rules were inaccessible and must be confirmed by phone.
Amount not published
Why this may help
Lodging Near Treatment: This connects you to medical transportation; ask whether overnight lodging can be arranged for your trip.
Meals And Food: This connects you to medical transportation; ask whether meals during your trip are included.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL is within the cancer diagnosis scope, subject to financial, geography, and program-exclusion rules.
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: Texas residency criteria apply; the current participating counties are not published..
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.
- Call 877-633-8747 and ask for current Transportation for Indigent Cancer Patients eligibility and application instructions.
Ways to apply or ask
- Phone · Open form or page · 877-633-8747
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- Current public application was inaccessible during review.
Limitations and things to confirm
- County list, income calculation, documents, certification period, renewal, and current intake require confirmation.
- People eligible for Medicaid or CSHCN are excluded from this pathway.
- What are the current counties, income/document rules, application, certification term, renewal, and intake status?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Transportation for Indigent Cancer Patients · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Transportation for Indigent Cancer Patients · checked Aug 27, 2026