Child Medical Expenses Subsidy 子ども医療費助成

We will expand the eligibility of medical expense subsidies to include high school students, in order to ensure that children, who will be the future of Nagahama City, have the opportunity to receive medical care with peace of mind and to reduce the financial burden on families raising such children.

Expanded from April 1, 2024 for medical treatment.

Children from the first grade of elementary school (including compulsory education schools) to high school generation living in Nagahama city.

Hospitalization (excluding meal expenses), outpatient (including dentistry), medicine, home-visit nursing, and Judo rehabilitation treatment expenses covered by health insurance.

※Fees not covered by health insurance (health checkups, vaccinations, room charge differences at the time of admission, document charges, etc.) and medical expenses due to third-party acts such as traffic accidents are not covered by the subsidy.

※Other publicly funded subsidies and high-cost medical expenses and supplementary benefits provided by the health insurance that you are enrolled in are excluded from the welfare medical expenses subsidy.

By applying for a Child Medical Expenses Voucher to Nagahama City (Citizen Life Department Insurance and Pension Division, Northern Joint Government Building Kurashi Madoguchika, and each branch office), we will issue your child a "Children's Medical Expenses Voucher."

Click here for application form for child medical expenses voucher issuance

※After 2023 (April 1, 2023), switching from infant welfare medical care to child medical expenses receipt tickets (elementary and junior high school students) will be issued in March every year through automatic renewal. (No procedure required)

※For 2025 and after (April 1, 2025), switching from Child Medical Expenses Vouchers (elementary and junior high school students) to Children's Medical Expenses Vouchers (high school students) will be issued in March every year through automatic renewal. We are planning to. (No procedure required)

By presenting your Child's health insurance card and the "Children's Medical Expenses Voucher" issued by Nagahama city at the counter when you visit a medical institution in Shiga prefecture, the medical expenses will be free of charge.

The "Child Medical Expenses Voucher" cannot be used when you receive a medical examination at a medical institution outside the prefecture.

When you receive treatment at a medical institution outside the prefecture, please pay your medical expenses at the counter and be sure to receive a receipt or statement showing the details of your treatment. From the following month onward, you can receive a subsidy (refund) for your medical expenses by applying for a refund to Nagahama City.

 For details on the refund application procedure, please see "Refund Procedure" here.

If you do not show your "Child Medical Expenses Voucher" at a medical institution in the prefecture, or if you receive a medical examination at a medical institution outside the prefecture, the burden at the counter will not be free. 

You can directly consult with a pediatrician or nurse and receive advice on treatment methods depending on your symptoms, such as how to care for your child at home and the necessity of seeing a doctor. Please use this service when you are unsure whether to go to the hospital. (Targets are children under 15 years old.)  

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（https://www.city.nagahama.lg.jp/cmsfiles/contents/0000007/7961/marufukuoshirase.pdf）