​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​GHPP Eligible Medical Conditions 

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. 

• 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)

• Huntington’s Disease​(HD)
• Joseph’s Di​sease(Spinocerebellar Ataxia III or SCA III)​
  
• Friedrich’s Ataxia, ataxias due to spinocerebellar degenerati​on
• Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• Roussy-Levy Syndrome
• Refsum’s Disea​se
• Charcot-Marie Tooth Syndro​me (CMT Syndrome)

• Phenylketonuria (PKU)
• Tyrosinem​​ia
• Disturbances of Metabolism of Leucine, Isoleucine, Valine
• Hypervalinemia
• Intermittent Branched-Chain Ketonuria
• Leucine Induced/Leucinosis
• Maple Syrup Urine Disea​se (MSUD)
• Propionic Acidem​ia and Methylmalonic Acidemia
• Lactic and Pyruvate Metabolism Disorders
• Hereditary Orotic (Pyrimidine Acidemia)
• Homocystinu​ria
• Hypermethioninemia
• A​rgininosuccinic Acidu​ria
• Citrulline​​​mia
• Disorders of Metabolism of Ornithine, Citrulline, Argininosuccinic ​Acid, Arginine, and Ammonia
• Hyperammonemia
• Hyperornithinemia​
  

• Galactosem​ia
• Galactose-1-Phosphate Uridyltransferase Deficiency​
• Galactosuria 

• Wilson’s Disease