California’s eight regional, private non-profit Children’s
Hospitals are legally defined in the California Welfare &
Institutions Code Section 10727. These hospitals treat children
with the most serious and life-threatening diseases such as
leukemia and other cancers, heart complications, sickle cell
anemia, diabetes, HIV, and cystic fibrosis. Children’s Hospitals
provide multi-disciplinary health care to children from all…
For over 20 years, the California Children’s Hospital Association
(CCHA) has been advancing the needs of the State’s
children’s hospitals through public and legislative advocacy. The
Association works with state and national leaders in government
and private industry to address issues impacting the hospitals’
ability to provide the best care possible to the children of
California, especially those with special and complex…
California’s children’s hospitals receive over one million
visitors a year. Many children come with complex and
life-threatening illnesses like cancer or pediatric heart disease
because they know these facilities are capable of healing the
most severe conditions. Others are flown in by helicopter
after experiencing traumas like gunshots, near-drownings, and
burns. Still others are seen in the specialty outpatient
clinics that treat rare conditions, like sickle cell and cystic
fibrosis, when community doctors lack the expertise to treat
them. Ch
