Healthy Living in the New Year

Healthy Living in the New Year

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Texas Health Steps Checkups and Well-Child checkups, also known as wellness checkups, are the best way to help your child stay healthy as they grow.

  • Medicaid Members get Texas Health Steps Checkups from birth through 20 years of age.
  • CHIP Members get Wellness Checkups from birth through 18 years of age.
  • These checkups are at no cost to Medicaid and CHIP Members
When are the checkups due?
  • Within five days after being born
  • Within 60 days after each checkup age listed below:
    • 2 weeks
    • 2 months
    • 4 months
    • 6 months
    • 9 months
    • 12 months
    • 15 months
    • 18 months
    • 2 years
    • 2½ years
  • Once a year between 3 – 20 years of age, on or after each birthday

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