Action item:

Funding of Essential Maternal Health Programs in the State Budget

Protect

the state budget for Medicaid and CHIP health insurance and maintain eligibility, benefits, and provider rates.

Maintain

funding levels for Healthy Texas Women and the Family Planning Program to help Texas women gain access to preventive care for healthy, planned pregnancies.​ Continue funding for TexasAIM initiative and Texas’ Maternal Mortality Review Committee to support the implementation and study of best practices statewide.

Guarantee

funding in future years for the newly established “Healthy Texas Women+ Program” so that new mothers can continue to receive postpartum care via this program in the future.