ABA Therapy in Texas: What Families Need to Know About Coverage, Providers, and Getting Started

At a Glance Texas Medicaid began covering ABA therapy on February 1, 2022 — for children and youth through age 20 enrolled in STAR or STAR Kids plans. Over one million Texans are estimated to be autistic, based on the CDC’s 1-in-31 prevalence rate applied to Texas’s 31.85 million population. Texas commercial insurance plans are […]