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Apply for health assistance

  • Service description

    If you do not have health insurance and receive uninterrupted assistance for living expenses for a short period of time (probably less than one month), the social welfare office will immediately provide the necessary medical care by issuing a treatment voucher.

    This includes

    • Preventive health assistance for the prevention and early detection of diseases
    • Help with illness
    • Help with family planning
    • Help with pregnancy and maternity
    • Help with sterilisation
  • Procedure

    You contact the social welfare office responsible for you with a request for an electronic health card or a treatment certificate.

    The social welfare office will check the application. If all requirements are met, you will receive an electronic health card or a treatment voucher.

  • Prerequisites

    • Exclusion of priority benefits (e.g. health insurance, accident insurance, care for victims of war, Asylum Seekers Benefits Act)
    • Treatment voucher (assistance must be provided in the form of goods and services)
    • In the case of justified self-help (e.g. emergency), reimbursement of costs already incurred is possible
  • Which documents are required?

    • Informal application for the issue of a treatment certificate
    • Current notification of benefits to secure your livelihood
    • Identity card or passport
    • Prescriptions and/or payment receipts, if applicable,
    • Required counselling confirmations, cost estimates, rejection notices
  • What fees are incurred?

    There are no fees.

  • What deadlines do I have to observe?

    The responsible social welfare organisation can only issue a treatment certificate once it has become aware of the need. It is therefore important to submit an application as soon as possible.

  • Processing time

    A decision on the application will be made as quickly as possible, especially if there is recognisable urgency.

  • Legal basis

  • Applications / Forms

    All you need to do is submit an informal application to the social welfare office responsible for you.

  • Short text

    • Applying for health assistance in the context of social welfare
    • The authorities/social welfare offices responsible for implementing the Twelfth Book of the German Social Code (SGB XII) under the relevant state law are
    • Lack of health insurance
    • Determination of entitlement to benefits by issuing a treatment certificate or registration of the person entitled to benefits with a health insurance fund of their choice
    • Examination of the reimbursement of expenses
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