Cook Children's

Health Insurance Coverage in Texas

Health Plan Overview

Insurance CompanyCook Children's
StateTexas
Websitecookchildrenshealthplan.org
Number of Hospitals in Network2
Number of Plans Offered4

Network Hospital Locations

Hospitals in Network (2)
Children's Medical Center DallasChildren's Medical Center Plano

Available Plans

CHIP

1 plan

CHIP Perinatal

1 plan

HMO

1 plan

MEDICAID

1 plan

Plan Details
Plan NamePlan Type
Cook Children's Health PlanHMO
Cook Children's Health PlanMEDICAID
Cook Children's Health PlanCHIP
Cook Children's Health PlanCHIP Perinatal

Recent News

2025-05-16
Cook Children's Medical Center displayed 125 colorful cardboard cutouts, each representing 1,000 members of Cook Children's nonprofit community health insurance plan, to protest proposed legislation. [6] This legislation would eliminate Cook Children's plan and limit families to using for-profit insurance plans. [6] Cook Children's is taking legal action to block these changes, which they argue put vulnerable families at risk of losing access to quality pediatric care. [6]
2025-05-09
Cook Children's Health Plan issued a warning about potential disruptions to health coverage for nearly 2 million Texas children and expecting mothers if the state Legislature does not act on proposed bills. [5] These bills aim to change how the Texas Health and Human Services Commission awards Medicaid program management contracts, addressing what Cook Children's calls a 'flawed procurement process' that favored large, out-of-state national plans over established local children's health plans. [5] Cook Children's sued the health commission in June 2024 after their appeal was denied, and a district court judge issued a temporary restraining order in October 2024, stating the awards would cause 'significant harm and confusion'. [5]
2025-05-02
Cook Children's Health Plan is advocating for legislative changes to allow it and other pediatric system health plans to compete against national plans for Medicaid members. [2] In 2024, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission announced that Cook Children's Health Plan was not selected for the state's Medicaid contract, which would affect 125,000 members. [2] Cook Children's initiated an administrative protest and subsequently filed a lawsuit against the state's decision-making process. [2] A federal judge issued a restraining order to keep Cook Children's on the list of providers, and the state appealed this ruling. [2] The lawsuit was paused to allow the legislature time to pass a law addressing the Medicaid managed care plan selection process. [2]
2025-05-01
More than 125,000 North Texas families could lose their current health insurance provider if state lawmakers don't act. [4] In March 2024, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission announced plans to drop the Cook Children's nonprofit Health Plan, along with two other children's hospital plans, and award Medicaid contracts to national, for-profit insurance companies instead. [4, 5] Cook Children's is working with state lawmakers on bills that would reinstate the children's hospital plans and make changes to the procurement process. [4] If a legislative solution is not reached, Cook Children's will continue its legal battle against the state. [4]

State Leadership

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