Provider Alert! Respite Care Services
Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) offers a respite care value-added service for STAR Kids members. Respite care provides temporary relief for parents or legally authorized representatives who are caring for a child with special needs. TCHP offers 24 hours of in-home respite care service per calendar year as an extension of home and community-based services. How this impacts providers: This value-added service applies to TCHP STAR Kids members that are not already receiving respite care services through a...
