Expansion of Child Medical Expenses Subsidy 子ども医療費助成の拡充
- [公開日:2023年10月16日]
- [更新日:2023年10月16日]
- ID:11268

Expansion of Child Medical Expenses Subsidy

Child medical expenses subsidy expansion system started (from October, 2022)
We will expand the scope of subsidies for outpatient medical expenses to include elementary school students and junior high school students in order to guarantee the opportunity to receive medical care for children who will bear the future of Nagahama city with peace of mind and reduce the financial burden on the families raising their children.

Category of child medical expenses subsidy


Q.Who is eligible?
Children from 1st grade of elementary school to 3rd grade of junior high school living in Nagahama city (including compulsory education schools)

Q. What are the free medical expenses?
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.

Q. What should I do to get the grant?
By applying to Nagahama city (Shimin Seikatsu Hoken Nenkinka / Citizen's Life, Insurance and Pension Division, Hokubu Shinkokyoku Kurashi Madoguchika /Northern Promotion Bureau Living Counter Division and each branch) to issue a child medical expenses voucher, "Kodomo Iryohi Jukyuken / Child medical expenses voucher" will be issued.
Click here for application form for child medical expenses voucher issuance
[https://www.city.nagahama.lg.jp/0000000930.html]
In addition, Child medical expenses vouchers after the Fiscal year of 2023 (after April 1, 2023) are scheduled to be issued in March every year by automatic renewal from the Infant welfare medical expenses voucher.


Q. What should I do when I see a doctor?
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.

Q. What if I have a medical examination at a medical institution outside Shiga prefecture?
When you receive a medical examination at a medical institution outside the prefecture, please pay the burden (medical expenses) once at the counter and be sure to receive a receipt and a statement that shows the details of medical treatment. From the following month onward, you can receive a subsidy (refund) for medical expenses by applying for a refund to Nagahama city. For details on the refund application procedure, please see "Refund procedure" here.

Q. When is the burden at the counter not free?
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.

Q. What will happen to medical expenses due to injuries at school?
If you receive medical treatment due to an injury or injury that occurs under the control of a school, etc., you cannot use the "Children's Medical Expenses Voucher" because the disaster benefits of “Japan Sport Council” are prioritized.
If you pay the usual burden (medical expenses) at a medical institution and follow the procedure through a school, the council will pay the disaster benefit. (However, total medical expenses of less than 5,000 yen are not eligible.)
※Schools, etc .: Nursery schools, Kindergartens, Certified child institutions, Elementary schools, Junior high schools, Compulsory education schools.

8000# if your child has a sudden illness
【Child medical telephone consultation】
Click here for details:https://www.mhlw.go.jp/topics/2006/10/tp1010-3.html
You can consult directly with a pediatrician or nurse, and receive advice on
treatment methods according to the symptoms, such as how to care at home and
the need for medical examination. If you are unsure whether to go to the
hospital, please use it.

Let’s get medical care well

はま~る/Hamaaru tb."When your child is unwell"】

【Nagahama City Homepage "Notice from Welfare and Medical Expenses System"】

【Shiga Prefecture Homepage "Points when getting medical care"】

【Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare website "How to get good medical care"】
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