Alberta Child Health Benefit

• basic and preventative services like fillings, x-rays, examinations and teeth cleaning

• Eye glasses every year

• The list of eligible prescription drugs found here:
  • Interactive Drug Benefit List
  • Some over-the-counter products, such as children’s vitamins

• Emergency ambulance trips to the nearest hospital

• Diabetes supplies such as injection supplies, testing strips and lancets
• Plan members with diabetes will receive coverage for blood glucose test strips purchased from a licensed pharmacy, up to a maximum of 3000 per eligible person depending on the method of diabetes management. The benefit year for diabetes coverage is from July 1 to June 30. (Read the Coverage Maximums for Diabetes Supplies fact sheet).
• Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) are available to Albertans living with diabetes who meet certain eligibility criteria. See the CGM Fact Sheet for more information about CGM coverage and eligibility criteria.
• The use of a CGM reduces or eliminates the need for blood glucose test strips. Albertans who receive funding for a CGM will have adjusted limits for blood glucose test strips, which will still provide for occasional use. Albertans who do not receive funding for a CGM will continue to have the same limits for blood glucose test strips. See the Coverage Maximums for Diabetes Supplies fact sheet for more information.

If your application is approved, you will receive a health benefits card in the mail. The card will list each child’s name and identification number.

You need to show this card to your child’s doctor, dental provider, pharmacist, optician or ambulance attendant each time your child receives a service that can be paid for by the Alberta Child Health Benefit plan.
 

Every September, we will confirm with the Canada Revenue Agency that your household income is under the qualifying income level for your family size. If it is, your household will be automatically enrolled for another year. Children 18 and 19 years old must be still living at home and attending high school (up to grade 12).

In order for Alberta Child Health Benefit coverage to remain active for children who are 18 or 19 years old, living at home and attending high school, you must complete the following declaration form:

Declaration of 18 and 19 Year Old Dependent form AEHB3654
 

If there is a change to the applicant’s, spouse/cohabitating partner or child’s personal information, you must inform the Alberta Child Health Benefit program area by completing the following form. Failure to update personal information may impact your eligibility for the program.

Alberta Adult/Child Health Benefit Change of Information form AEHB3002

Applicants who wish to allow the Alberta Child Health Benefit program to communicate with any third party (including family members, social workers or health care professional) on their behalf, you must complete the following declaration form:

Consent to the Release of Information form AAS13391

If your Alberta Child Health Benefit application was rejected between October 1, 2024, and February 28, 2025, you can apply for an income reassessment based on your estimated 2024 income. If your estimated income is projected to be below the income guidelines, you may be eligible for coverage.

An estimated income reassessment requires the following:

1. Income verification from January 1, 2024 to present day. This may include the following:
   • gross employment earnings (pay stub showing year-to-date income or at least 3 months’ worth of pay stubs)
   • Employment Insurance Claim Statement (My Latest Claim)
   • Canada Pension Plan or private plan benefits
   • taxable student funding (payments as listed on Notice of Assessment, not including tuition fees)
   • cashed in RRSPs
   • workers compensation benefits
   • child support payments
2. Evidence to support your estimated income from present day up to December 31, 2024. This may include:
   • the remaining weeks of Employment Insurance you are eligible to receive
   • a current pay stub
   • a copy of denied Income Support decision

To apply for an income reassessment

You must follow these steps:

1. Complete the Request for Reassessment of Eligibility for Health Benefits form AEHB4008.
2. Write a cover letter explaining your current income situation and why it differs from your 2023 income.
3. Collect appropriate income verification/estimated income documents as stated above.
4. Email, mail or fax all reassessment documents:

If your Alberta Child Health Benefit application was denied between March 1, 2025, and September 30, 2025, you can re-apply using your 2024 income as submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency. If your 2024 income is below the income guidelines, you may be eligible for coverage.

To apply for an income reassessment

You must follow these steps:

1. Complete the Alberta Child Health Benefit application as before.
2. Attach a copy of your 2024 CRA Notice of Assessment.
3. Email, mail or fax it.