Texas To Delay Medicaid Contracts Until Summer 2025

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has agreed to delay signing Medicaid STAR and Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) contracts until June 2025 after the state’s legislative session ends. On October 4, 2024, a Texas district court judge issued a temporary injunction to block HHSC from finalizing the contracts for its Medicaid State of Texas Access Reform (STAR) and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) managed care programs. The state initially appealed, but then filed a motion for the delay until June.

The state rebid the contracts in December 2022. In March 2024, HHSC announced contract . . .