Texas action guide · Verified July 28, 2026
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An HCS or TxHmL enrollment offer has arrived

Complete Medicaid and level-of-care dependencies

Use the official benefits route and close the Medicaid, financial, diagnostic, and level-of-care items identified for enrollment.

Official sources checked 2026-07-28

Start here

Apply for Texas Benefits

Before you start

  • Benefits case information, household and financial information requested by the application, SSI status, disability evidence, offer notice, assessments, and current coverage.

Who to contact

Use the official destination above or the LIDDA, service coordinator, program office, or contact named in the current notice.

Step by step

  1. Apply or respond through Your Texas Benefits or the route in the notice.
  2. Ask the LIDDA which Medicaid and level-of-care dependency applies to the offer.
  3. Track Medicaid, diagnostic eligibility, level of care, and waiver enrollment as separate decisions.

Expected next

Benefits confirmation or notice plus a documented LIDDA or HHSC enrollment next step.

Save this proof

Application, case number, uploads, verification requests, assessments, notices, and contacts.

If this stalls or the answer is no

Use the contact on the notice and ask the LIDDA to reconcile any conflict between Medicaid and waiver-enrollment status.

Beyond Childhood planning aid

Complete Medicaid and level-of-care dependencies checklist

A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.

  • Owner and date started
  • Documents or information supplied
  • Confirmation or notice
  • Current status
  • Next event and date
  • Escalation contact

Derived from Home and Community-based Services Program Guide, Texas Home Living Program Guide, HCS Enrollment Handbook, Apply for Texas Benefits

Official resources

Limits

HCS and TxHmL require Medicaid and program-specific criteria; Beyond Childhood cannot determine which Medicaid pathway applies.

Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.

Checked sources

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