The mission of Title X is to provide individuals with the information and means to exercise personal choice in determining the number and spacing of their children. This act authorized grants to provide comprehensive family planning and preventive reproductive health services, such as screening for breast and cervical cancer, screening for sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, level 1 infertility services, and general health education.
Family Planning Services Include:
- Pregnancy testing
- Pre-conception counseling
- Yearly exams
- STD counseling and treatment
- HIV/AIDS testing and counseling
Family Planning Medicaid Waiver Program
The Family Planning Medicaid Waiver Program is for women who have lost full Medicaid coverage within the last 24 months are eligible for this program.
To qualify for this special Medicaid program, a woman must:
- Want to have family planning services
- Not be pregnant
- Not have had a hysterectomy or tubal ligation
- Have a household income less than or equal to 185% of the current federal poverty level
- Provides proof of identity and U.S. Citizenship
Under the Family Planning Medicaid Waiver Program, women are provided annual physical exams, pap smears, pregnancy testing, limited treatment for sexually transmitted infections, and related medicines and lab tests.