Washington State Health Care Authority
Apple Health meals and lodging for approved travel · About this organization
What you get
Approved meals and lodging when your child needs medical care away from home.
How to start
Call the transportation broker with your ProviderOne card and appointment details. Ask for meal or lodging approval before traveling.
The details, as published
Apple Health transportation brokers may authorize meals and lodging when eligible medical care requires approved travel away from home. Prior authorization, distance, medical necessity, and broker rules determine whether support is available.
What help you may get
Lodging Near Treatment
Apple Health meals and lodging for approved travel — lodging near treatment
Apple Health transportation brokers may authorize meals and lodging when eligible medical care requires approved travel away from home. Prior authorization, distance, medical necessity, and broker rules determine whether support is available.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Apple Health meals and lodging for approved travel
Meals And Food
Apple Health meals and lodging for approved travel — meals and food
Apple Health transportation brokers may authorize meals and lodging when eligible medical care requires approved travel away from home. Prior authorization, distance, medical necessity, and broker rules determine whether support is available.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Apple Health meals and lodging for approved travel
Travel And Transportation
Apple Health meals and lodging for approved travel — travel and transportation
Apple Health transportation brokers may authorize meals and lodging when eligible medical care requires approved travel away from home. Prior authorization, distance, medical necessity, and broker rules determine whether support is available.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Apple Health meals and lodging for approved travel
Why this may help
Travel And Transportation: Meal and lodging approval can make a medically needed trip away from home more affordable.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The benefit is potentially relevant to a United States family managing pediatric B-ALL, subject to program-specific eligibility.
Age
Age 0 to age 18, measured at application.
- Washington Apple Health publishes coverage pathways for children age 18 or younger.
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: Published program service area in US-WA.
- This benefit requires enrollment in Washington Apple Health, making Washington the applicable residence and coverage jurisdiction.
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.
Who can start: Parent Or Guardian, Patient, Caregiver
- Find and call the transportation broker for the member’s county using the official HCA directory; have the ProviderOne card and appointment details ready.
- Ask the broker to authorize meals or lodging before travel, retain itemized receipts, and request reimbursement within 30 calendar days after the appointment.
Ways to apply or ask
- Phone · Open form or page — Use the official county transportation broker directory to find the correct phone number, then call the broker to request prior authorization for meals or lodging. No single statewide intake phone number is recorded.
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 | Not Published |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- 2026-09-07 offline consistency repair: the recorded active county-broker transportation intake also starts meals/lodging requests through this program’s published workflow. Prior broker authorization and covered out-of-community care remain required.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Amounts, capacity, exact eligibility, and response times are not guaranteed unless stated on the official page.
- Confirm current intake, capacity, exact eligibility, benefit limits, and whether this canonical branch should be consolidated into the umbrella NEMT record.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Apple Health attendant travel support · checked Aug 24, 2026