Vietnam: To replace 24 administrative procedures on social insurance and health insurance from February 25, 2021

Vietnam: To replace 24 administrative procedures on social insurance and health insurance from February 25, 2021

According to the announcement attached to this Decision, certain dministrative procedures are replaced or fully annulled under the jurisdiction of Vietnam Social Insurance in the fields of: collection of social insurance, health insurance, insurance unemployment insurance, labor accident insurance - occupational disease; issuance of social insurance books and health insurance cards; settlement of social insurance regimes; implementation of a health insurance policy; payment of social insurance benefits.

Specifically, the new administrative procedures from February 25, 2021 include:

(1) Collection of social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance, occupational accident and disease insurance

- Registration and adjustment of payment of compulsory social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance, occupational accident and disease insurance; issuance of social insurance books and health insurance cards;

- Registration, re-registration, and adjustment of voluntary social insurance contributions; issuance of social insurance books;

- Register to pay and issue health insurance cards for people only participating in health insurance.

(2) The field of issuance of social insurance books and health insurance cards

- Re-issuance, change and adjustment of information on social insurance books and health insurance cards

(3) The field of settlement of social insurance benefits

- Settlement of sickness benefits;

- Settlement of maternity benefits;

- Settlement of health care benefits after sickness, maternity, occupational accidents and occupational diseases;

- Settlement of benefits of occupational accident and occupational disease regimes for first-time occupational accidents;

- Settlement of benefits for occupational accident and occupational disease due to recurrent injury or disease;

- Settlement of entitlement to the occupational accident and occupational disease regime for the case that has suffered an occupational accident or disease and continues to suffer from an occupational accident or disease;

- Settlement of survivorship benefits;

- Settlement of monthly allowance according to Decision 613/QD-TTg;

- Settlement of one-time social insurance benefits;

- Settlement of monthly pension and allowance for commune officials;

- Settlement of one-time allowance for people who are enjoying monthly pension or social insurance allowance going abroad to settle down and foreign citizens who are enjoying monthly pension or social insurance allowance no longer residing in Vietnam;

- Settlement of continued enjoyment of monthly pensions and social insurance allowances for persons who have completed their imprisonment sentences, illegally returned to their home countries to reside lawfully, or whose decisions have been annulled by the Court;

- Settlement of transfer of benefits to another location for people who are enjoying their monthly pension or social insurance allowance and who are waiting for their monthly pension or allowance;

- Settlement of adjustment, cancellation of decisions, termination of social insurance benefits;

- Settlement of allowances for retired teachers who have not yet enjoyed the seniority allowance in their pensions according to Decree No. 14/2020/ND-CP;

(4) Field of implementation of health insurance policy

- Sign a contract for medical examination and treatment covered by health insurance;

- Payment of medical examination and treatment expenses covered by health insurance with health care facilities covered by insurance;

- The person receiving social insurance benefits in cash transfers to receive by personal account and vice versa, or changes personal information;

- Authorization to receive on behalf of social insurance and unemployment benefits.

In addition, this Decision also maintains 01 administrative procedure in the field of payment of social insurance benefits and abolishes 02 administrative procedures in the field of collection of social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance, occupational accident and occupational disease insurance, implementation of health insurance policies.

Details of procedures can be found at: Vietnam's Decision 222/QD-BHXH takes effect from the date of signing, replacing Decision 1133/QD-BHXH dated October 16, 2015, Decision 929/QD-BHXH dated July 26, 2018 and Decision 777/QD-BHXH dated June 24, 2019 of the General Director of Vietnam Social Insurance.

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