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Infant medical care

Outline

Miki-Town provides subsidies for medical care for those infants born in Miki or who have recently moved here.

Eligible Children / Infants

Infants enrolled in health insurance. The subsidy is available from the child's birth or move-in date until the end of the month when he or she becomes 6 years old.

(If the infant's birthday falls on the first day of the month, then the limit becomes the end of the previous month.)

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 infants 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 within Miki-Town (some of hospitals outside of Miki-Town are also covered) or pharmacies in Miki-Town, show your health insurance card and a NYUYOJI IRYOHI JYUKYU SHIKAKUSHASHO (infant medical expense recipient certificate) at the counter. The medical service can be received at this subsidized rate.

Expenses applied for by the 15th of the month will be transferred by the end of that month.
Expenses applied on or after the day of the money transfer will be transferred by the end of the following month.

(Example: When you apply for expenses that you paid for in April by 15th April, the money transfer will be carried out at the end of May at the earliest.)

• 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
  • NYUYOJI IRYOHI JYUKYU SHIKAKUSHASHO (infant medical expense recipient certificate)
  • Stamp
• Loss of NYUYOJI IRYOHI JYUKYU SHIKAKUSHASHO (infant 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 NYUYOJI IRYOHI JYUKYU SHIKAKU (infant medical expense recipient qualification) expires and you are qualified to receive further medical care (such as "Single Mother 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