A waiver, Medicaid, or service decision is uncertain or adverse
Request a Texas Medicaid fair hearing
Appeal a Medicaid eligibility, benefit, prior-authorization, service-authorization, or reasonable-promptness action through the current official route.
Official sources checked 2026-07-28
Start here
Texas Fair Hearing Request HandbookBefore you start
- Complete notice, date received, effective date, case number, agency or managed-care organization, action, requested result, evidence, and representative information.
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
- Use the notice instructions or tell the responsible agency that a fair hearing is requested.
- Ask whether benefits or services can continue and what timing applies.
- Retain submission proof and follow every hearing instruction.
Expected next
A hearing request record, appeal number, continued-benefit status, scheduling notice, or decision.
Save this proof
Notice and envelope, request, confirmation, evidence, communications, hearing material, and decision.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Contact the agency or 2-1-1 route identified by HHS and ask Fair and Fraud Hearings to confirm the case and next event.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Request a Texas Medicaid fair hearing 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 Apply for Texas Benefits, Texas Fair Hearing Request Handbook
Official resources
Limits
The general handbook describes rights and agency processing; the individual notice and program-specific rules control timing and continued assistance.
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.