Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 41517.5 - Medical Therapy Program

(a) CCS applicants with at least one of the following conditions shall be medically eligible for participation in the CCS Medical Therapy Program:

(1) Cerebral palsy as specified in Section 41517.3(a)(2).

(2) Neuromuscular conditions that produce muscle weakness and atrophy, such as poliomyelitis, myasthenias, and muscular dystrophies.

(3) Chronic musculoskeletal and connective tissue diseases or deformities such as osteogenesis imperfecta, arthrogryposis, rheumatoid arthritis, amputations, and contractures resulting from burns.

(4) Other conditions manifesting the findings listed in section 41517.3(a) above, such as ataxias, degenerative neurological disease, or other intracranial processes.

(b) CCS applicants under three years of age shall be eligible when two or more of the following neurological findings are present:

(1) Exaggerations of or persistence of primitive reflexes beyond the normal age (corrected for prematurity);

(2) Increased Deep Tendon Reflexes (DTRs) that are 3+ or greater;

(3) Abnormal posturing as characterized by the arms, legs, head, or trunk turned or twisted into an abnormal position;

(4) Hypotonicity, with normal or increased DTRs, in infants below one year of age. (Infants above one year must meet criteria described in (a)(1)); or

(5) Asymmetry of motor findings of trunk or extremities.

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 41517.5

1. New section filed 5-6-99 as an emergency; operative 5-6-99 (Register 99, No. 19). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-3-99 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New section refiled 9-7-99 as an emergency; operative 9-7-99 (Register 99, No. 37). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-5-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. New section refiled 12-23-99 as an emergency; operative 12-23-99 (Register 99, No. 52). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-21-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. New section refiled 4-18-2000 as an emergency; operative 4-18-2000 (Register 2000, No. 16). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-16-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5. Certificate of Compliance as to 4-18-2000 order, including amendment of section, transmitted to OAL 5-24-2000 and filed 7-7-2000 (Register 2000, No. 27).
6. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former section 41517.5 to new section 41448 and renumbering former section 41832 to section 41517.5, including amendment of section and NOTE, filed 1-28-2009 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2009, No. 5).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 20 and 100275, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 123830 and 123835, Health and Safety Code.

1. New section filed 5-6-99 as an emergency; operative 5-6-99 (Register 99, No. 19). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-3-99 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New section refiled 9-7-99 as an emergency; operative 9-7-99 (Register 99, No. 37). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-5-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. New section refiled 12-23-99 as an emergency; operative 12-23-99 (Register 99, No. 52). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-21-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. New section refiled 4-18-2000 as an emergency; operative 4-18-2000 (Register 2000, No. 16). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-16-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5. Certificate of Compliance as to 4-18-2000 order, including amendment of section, transmitted to OAL 5-24-2000 and filed 7-7-2000 (Register 2000, No. 27).
6. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former section 41517.5 to new section 41448 and renumbering former section 41832 to section 41517.5, including amendment of section and Note, filed 1-28-2009 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2009, No. 5).