Texas CHIP benefits

Your child’s benefits include:

• Regular checkups and office visits
• Prescription drugs and vaccines
• Specialist visits
• Lab and X-ray services
• Behavioral health care (mental health and substance use disorder services)
• Hospital care and services
• Medical supplies

Check your CHIP member handbook for a complete list of benefits for your child.

Dental benefits are offered through a dental managed care organization. Call your child’s dental plan to find a dentist and learn about covered services:

• DentaQuest: 800-508-6775
• MCNA Dental: 800-494-6262
• UnitedHealthcare Dental: 877-901-7321

Vision benefits are managed through Superior Vision of Texas. To find or change your child’s eye doctor, call 800-428-8789.

Find an eye doctor 

Get 24-hour phone advice from a registered nurse.

Call 833-731-2160 (TTY 711).

Your child’s benefits include a wide range of prescription drugs. You can find your child’s pharmacy copay amount on their member ID card or in the member handbook. We work with CarelonRx to provide these benefits.

Review pharmacy benefits 

Healthy Rewards is a program that pays you for taking control of your child’s health. You can earn rewards for completing healthy activities like:

• Well-child check-ups
• Childhood and adolescent vaccines on schedule
• Flu vaccines

Then redeem your Healthy Rewards via the Benefit Reward Hub. To learn about other value-added benefits, visit the Extra Benefits page.

CHIP enrollment fees and copays are based on family income. Enrollment fees are $50 or less per family, per year. Some families pay no enrollment fee. Copays for doctor visits and prescriptions range from $0 to $5 for lower-income families and $10 to $35 for higher-income families.

Check your Member ID card to find your costs.

CHIP Copay Information (English) 

CHIP Copay Information (Spanish)