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Child medical care
Outline
Miki-Town provides subsidies for medical care for those children born in Miki or who have recently moved here.
Eligible Children
Children enrolled in health insurance. The subsidy is available from the child's birth or move-in date until the first March 31th after he or she becomes 15 years old.
Note that if you are late in applying for subsidies in a particular month you may not be covered by medical expense subsidies that month.
Extent of subsidies
The amount you personally paid for treatment
The followings are expenses which are not subsidized:
"Fee for medical checks";
"Fee for immunizations";
"Fee for the first medical examination";
"Documentation fees";
"Medicine Container charges";
"Expensive medical treatment, in the case of hospitalization";
"Amenity bed charges";
"Medical treatment fees for accidents caused by the actions of a third party";
Expenses which are covered by "National Agency for the Advancement of Sports and Health" when the children were injured at a kindergarten or child care center etc. or "Additional money for family medical treatment" which is covered by your insurance company.
From August 1st, 2005, meal expenses during hospitalization will not be subsidized.
How to obtain subsidies
When receiving medical services at a hospital and pharmacies in Kagawa prefecture, show your health insurance card and a KOSODATE SHIEN IRYOHI JYUKYU SHIKAKUSHASHO (child medical expense recipient certificate) at the counter. The medical service can be received at this subsidized rate.
- Significant medical expenses such as hospitalization
Coverage for significant medical expenses (such as those relating to hospitalization) require that an application to the health insurance provider be made for that treatment. The amount will transferred after the documentation proving the treatment costs are submitted the Towns Office.
Application place
Window No. 6 (Parent Support Section, Citizen's Division, Miki-Town Office)
Cases where application is necessary (and necessary documents)
- Birth of a baby
- Moving into Miki-Town
- Moving out of Miki-Town
- Moving within Miki-Town
- Death of recipient
- Change of the type of health insurance
- New health insurance card
- KOSODATE SHIEN IRYOHI JYUKYU SHIKAKUSHASHO (child medical expense recipient certificate)
- Stamp
- Loss of KOSODATE SHIEN IRYOHI JYUKYU SHIKAKUSHASHO (child medical expense recipient certificate)
- Health insurance card
- Stamp
In addition to the above, documents to prove the that the recipient qualifies for a subsidy may be required.
Other medical care systems
When the KOSODATE SHIEN IRYOHI JYUKYU SHIKAKU (child medical expense recipient qualification) expires and you are qualified to receive further medical care (such as "Single parent Families" and "serious mentally and physically handicapped person" care) a separate procedure is required for each type of medical care.
Contact details
Parent Support Section, Citizen's Division, Miki-Town Office Phone 891-3303
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