Getting help with your child's health care costs
Health care and medicines
Find out what is available to help you pay for your GP or specialist or medicines through the PBS.
Dental services
Child Dental Benefit Schedule
If you get certain payments from Services Australia, you may be eligible for the Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS). To get this your child must be all of the following:
- 0-17 years old for at least one day that calendar year
- eligible for Medicare
- getting a payment from Services Australia at least once a year, or have a parent, carer or guardian getting a payment from Services Australia at least once a year.
Find out who can get it, what’s covered and eligible payments for CDBS on the Services Australia website.
Dental services in your state or territory
You may be able to access public dental services in your state or territory. These links will take you away from myGov.
| State or territory | Resource |
|---|---|
| ACT | Dental services |
| NSW | NSW public dental services |
| NT | Dental services for children |
| Qld | Public dental services |
| SA | SA Dental |
| Tas | Dental health services |
| Vic | Dental Health Services Victoria |
| WA | Dental services |
Hearing services
If you notice problems with your child’s hearing, you should see your GP. They can refer you to an audiologist for a hearing test to measure any hearing loss.
If your child has been diagnosed with permanent hearing loss, you may get help from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to pay for:
- hearing assessments
- hearing aids and devices
- education, advice and support.
Find out more if your child has been diagnosed with a hearing loss on the NDIS website.
If your child is 4 years or older, you can use the Sound Scouts app to help identify if your child has hearing loss. Find out more on the Sound Scouts website.