The Child Health and Disability Prevention Program has been discontinued as of June 30, 2024. Senate Bill 184 required the Department of Health Care Services to change how the Child Health and Disability Prevention Program (CHDP) works before July 1, 2024. This change is part of the Department's goal to simplify things, improve care coordination, and provide more consistent care for children and youth served under the Medi-Cal managed care plans: Health Plan of San Joaquin, Healthnet, and Kaiser Permanente. Because the Medi-Cal Fee for Service Providers and the Managed Care Plans must meet all Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements under federal law, keeping the CHDP program is unnecessary. Foster children and youth will still get services through the Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care, which will remain separate after the CHDP program changes.
Please see below resources to help families and providers during this change.
For children with Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans or Fee for Service Medi-Cal
The Managed Care Plans and Fee for Service Providers will provide all services previously offered by CHDP. These include:
- Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment- comprehensive, no-cost preventative visits.
- Annual dental exams and preventative services.
- Vaccines for Children Program.
- Appointment Scheduling Assistance and Non-Emergency Medical Transportation to and from medical appointments for medically necessary covered services.
- Care Coordination for clients covered by a Managed Care Plan. (FFS providers do not provide care coordination; for additional help, please see community resources on this page)
For children needing health care coverage:
CHDP Gateway will now be called Children’s Presumptive Eligibility (CPE): With presumptive eligibility, a family can quickly and easily enroll their child in temporary full-scope Medi-Cal by simply stating their circumstances. This allows a child to receive services for up to 60 days promptly. To maintain coverage, a Medi-Cal application will need to be completed. Please speak with your child’s Medi-Cal healthcare provider to apply.
Information for CHDP Providers
- Existing CHDP providers will automatically transition into the CPE program on July 1, 2024.
- A CPE program training module is required for all CPE providers and requires a one-time registration, please access registration and trainings at the Medi-Cal Learning Portal: Children’s Presumptive Eligibility and Newborn Gateway Mandatory Trainings | Medi-Cal Providers. For additional assistance, providers may contact the Telephone Service Center at 1-800-541-5555.
- Providers can e-mail the CPE inbox at childrenPE@dhcs.ca.gov with questions about presumptive eligibility, questions related to the transition to CPE, and for assistance with processing manual determination requests.
Health Plan Contact Information and Community Resources
Health Plan of San Joaquin 1-800-936-PLAN (7526) Benefits and Services - Health Plan of San Joaquin (hpsj.com)
Health Net Community Solutions 1-800-675-6110 Health Net Members Manage Your Health | Health Net
Medi-Cal with Kaiser Permanente 1-855-839-7613 (English) | 1-800-788-0616 (Spanish) Support Center
Denti-Cal Smile 1-800-322-6384 California Welcome to the Medi-Cal Dental Program
Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC)
CalFresh
California Children’s Services
First 5 Stanislaus https://www.first5stan.org/
United Way 211 Program
High Risk Maternal and Child Health
Community Services Agency
