The Genetically Handicapped Persons Program (GHPP) covers a specific list of genetic diseases. This list of genetic diseases is specified in the California Code of Regulations, Title 17.

GHPP Eligible Medical Conditions Include:

Diseases of the Blood
Cystic Fibrosis
Diseases of the Brain and Nerves
Diseases of the Protein Metabolism
Diseases of Carbohydrates Metabolism
Disease of Copper Metabolism
Von Hippel-Lindau Disease (VHL) 

If your genetic condition is not in the above list, you are not qualified to enroll with GHPP. Please call GHPP for questions at 1-800-639-0597. 

Diseases of the Blood

• Hemophilia or Factor Deficiency (FACTORS I, II, V, VII, VIII,IX,X, XI, XIII)
• Von Willebrand’s Disease
• Congenital Hereditary Platelet Deficiency Diseases or dysfunction such as Congenital Thrombasthenia (Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia) and Thrombocytopathia
• Hemoglobinopathies with Anemia:
• Sickle Cell Disease (Not sickle cell trait)
• Thalassemia

Cystic Fibrosis (CF)

• Cystic Fibrosis (CF) (Non DHCS)

Diseases of the Brain and Nerves

• Huntington’s Disease(HD)
• Joseph’s Disease(Spinocerebellar Ataxia III or SCA III)
  
• Friedrich’s Ataxia, ataxias due to spinocerebellar degeneration
• Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• Roussy-Levy Syndrome
• Refsum’s Disease
• Charcot-Marie Tooth Syndrome (CMT Syndrome)

Diseases of Protein Metabolism

• Phenylketonuria (PKU)
• Tyrosinemia
• Disturbances of Metabolism of Leucine, Isoleucine, Valine
• Hypervalinemia
• Intermittent Branched-Chain Ketonuria
• Leucine Induced/Leucinosis
• Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD)
• Propionic Acidemia and Methylmalonic Acidemia
• Lactic and Pyruvate Metabolism Disorders
• Hereditary Orotic (Pyrimidine Acidemia)
• Homocystinuria
• Hypermethioninemia
• Argininosuccinic Aciduria
• Citrullinemia
• Disorders of Metabolism of Ornithine, Citrulline, Argininosuccinic Acid, Arginine, and Ammonia
• Hyperammonemia
• Hyperornithinemia
  

Diseases of Carbohydrates Metabolism

• Galactosemia
• Galactose-1-Phosphate Uridyltransferase Deficiency
• Galactosuria 

Disease of Copper Metabolism

• Wilson’s Disease 

Von Hippel-Lindau Disease (VHL)