California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 1 - Genetically Handicapped Persons Program

• Section 125125.
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Holden-Moscone-Garamendi Genetically Handicapped Persons Program.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 353. (AB 731)...
• Section 125130.
  (a) The Director of Health Care Services shall establish and administer a program for the medical care of persons with genetically handicapping conditions, including cystic fibrosis,...
• Section 125135.
  As used in this article, “genetically handicapping condition” shall mean a disease that is accepted as being genetic in origin by the American Society of...
• Section 125140.
  The program established under this article shall include any or all of the following medical and social support services:(a)  Initial intake and diagnostic evaluation. (b)...
• Section 125150.
  The director shall establish the rate structure for reimbursement of physicians and supportive services. The rates shall not be less than the amounts paid for...
• Section 125155.
  Reimbursement under this article shall not be made for any services that are available to the recipient under any other private, state, or federal programs...
• Section 125155.1.
  (a) Any person found eligible for services under this article whose employer-sponsored health coverage is later terminated or any person who applied for services provided under...
• Section 125157.
  (a) The department may require a client under this article to apply to enroll or otherwise participate in any other state or federal program or other...
• Section 125160.
  The department shall receive and expend all funds made available to it by the federal government, the state, its political subdivisions or from other sources...
• Section 125166.
  (a) Commencing July 1, 2009, except as provided in subdivision (d), each client determined or redetermined by the department to be eligible for services provided pursuant...
• Section 125170.
  The department shall maintain sufficient, appropriate staff to carry out this article.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
• Section 125175.
  The health care benefits and services specified in this article, to the extent that the benefits and services are neither provided under any other federal...
• Section 125180.
  The department shall require all applicants to the program who may be eligible for cash grant public assistance or for Medi-Cal to apply for Medi-Cal...
• Section 125185.
  (a) (1) By July 1, 2016, or a subsequent date determined by the department, Genetically Handicapped Persons Program (GHPP) requests for authorization of services, excluding requests for...
• Section 125190.
  Notwithstanding any other law, the department is considered to be the purchaser, but not the dispenser or distributor, of blood factor products under the Genetically...
• Section 125191.
  (a) The department may enter into contracts with one or more manufacturers on a negotiated or bid basis as the purchaser, but not the dispenser or...

Last modified: October 22, 2018