California children and young adults under the age of 21 may be eligible if they have a serious medical condition requiring special care such as diabetes, cerebral palsy, cancer, sickle cell anemia, traumatic injuries, hearing loss, and many others. Please contact us if you have specific questions and we will do our best to answer. The state ultimately makes these decisions based on diagnosis and medical documentation from your doctor or hospital.

California law requires that families applying for services be given information on how CCS protects their privacy:

• We must keep this information confidential
• We may share information on the form with authorized staff from other health and welfare programs only when you have signed a consent form.
• You have the right to see your application and CCS records concerning you or your child. If you wish to see these records, please contact us. By law, the information you give CCS is kept by the program.

Children with Medi-Cal coverage who have CCS eligible medical conditions are eligible for CCS services. CCS will authorize services related to the qualifying CCS medical condition. CCS may cover some services that Medi-Cal does not cover. You must inform CCS at the time your child’s Medi-Cal coverage changes or is terminated.