Health Benefits Program

Provides coverage to eligible First Nations persons for health goods and services in the following benefit areas: dental, medical supplies and equipment, medical transportation, mental health crisis intervention, Medical Service Plan (MSP) payments, pharmacy, and vision. To qualify, applicants must be a First Nations person with a Canadian status number or the child (under one year of age) of a First Nations person with a Canadian status number; a resident of British Columbia, as defined by the MSP (must have resided in BC for at least three months, not as a student) and having active MSP coverage; and must not be covered under any other benefits provided by the federal government or First Nations organization through self-government or land claims agreements. Office hours are 8 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday.