Nonemergency medical transportation services are available for a Medicaid beneficiary or their child. These services include rides to doctor's office, dentist's office, hospital, drug store or any place that provides covered health care services.

Types of rides include:

• Public transportation, like the city bus.
• A taxi or van service.
• Commercial transit, like a bus or plane, to go to another city for an appointment.

Services may also include:

• Money for gas.
• Meals and lodging for children and youth 20 and younger staying overnight to get covered health care services.
• Payment for some out-of-state travel to neighboring states (Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico).
• Services do not include making arrangements for emergency or nonemergency transportation by ambulance.

To get a ride, you must be enrolled in one of the following programs and not have any other means of transportation:

• Medicaid
• Children with Special Health Care Needs
• Transportation for Indigent Cancer Patients

Click here for more information on how to get a ride and what other information you may need.