Healthy Families - Children of American Indian Descent or Alaska Natives

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What About American Indian or Alaska Native Ancestry?

If the applicant or child applying for the Healthy Families Program is of American Indian descent or Alaska Native, then you may not have to pay the premium payments and co-payments. To waive premiums and copayments, the child or the applicant who is an American Indian descendant or Alaska Native must submit one of the following papers as proof of ancestry:

Copy of an American Indian or Alaska Native enrollment document from a federally recognized tribe; or
A Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood (CDIB) from the Bureau of Indian Affairs; or
A letter of Indian Heritage from an Indian Health Service supported facility operating in the State of California.

What if I cannot locate my papers of American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry?

Persons who claim American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry will have two months from the date of enrollment to provide acceptable proof. Healthy Families will waive premiums for two months, but co-payments will not be waived until the papers are received and approved.

The premium and co-payments will be waived the month after Healthy Families receives acceptable papers. Healthy Families will not refund copayments paid during the months when we had no acceptable proof of your ancestry.