Common use of STAR enrollment for pregnant women and infants Clause in Contracts

STAR enrollment for pregnant women and infants. (a) The HHSC Administrative Services Contractor will retroactively enroll some pregnant Members in a Medicaid MCO based on their date of eligibility. (b) The HHSC Administrative Services Contractor will enroll newborns born to Medicaid eligible mothers who are enrolled in a STAR MCO in the same MCO for at least 90 days following the date of birth, unless the mother requests a plan change as a special exception. The HHSC Administrative Service Contractor will consider such requests on a case-by-case basis. The HHSC Administrative Services Contractor will retroactively, to date of birth, enroll newborns in the applicable STAR MCO.