Expansion of Child Medical Expenses Subsidy 子ども医療費助成の拡充

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.

Children from 1st grade of elementary school to 3rd grade of junior high school living in Nagahama city (including compulsory education schools)

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

【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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD6Hc9e4W0Q&list=PLEUdfWjuekn3HphCpRQQKnUb_pxYoQ41-&index=22

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