Lump-sum childbirth and childcare allowance

When people who are enrolled in the National Health Insurance of Inagi City give birth, 500,000 yen will be paid as a lump-sum allowance for childbirth and childcare. If the pregnancy is 12 weeks (85 days) or later, stillbirth and miscarriage are also paid.
Note: Childbirth until March 31, 2023 will be 420,000 yen.

It is a condition that you are enrolled in Inagi City National Health Insurance as of the date of birth.
However, if a person who has been enrolled in social insurance as an insured person for one year or more and gives birth within six months after stopping the insurance, the allowance will be paid from the insurance that was enrolled.

Note: Please note that you will not be paid after 2 years from the day after childbirth.

From October 2009, the payment method for the Childbirth and Childcare Lump-Sum Grant has been changed to a system in which National Health Insurance pays directly to medical institutions.
If you did not use the direct payment system for the Childbirth and Childcare Lump-Sum Grant, or if the childbirth expenses were less than 500,000 yen, you will need to apply for payment of the Childbirth and Childcare Lump-Sum Grant.

If the cost of childbirth exceeds 500,000 yen, you do not need to apply for National Health Insurance. Please pay the difference to the medical institution.

• Birth's insurance card
• Confirmation letter regarding the use of the Childbirth and Childcare Lump-Sum Grant Direct Payment System
• Receipt or invoice for maternity expenses
• Something that tells you where to transfer the money
• In the case of stillbirth or miscarriage, a doctor's certificate that can prove it

If applying by mail, please attach the completed application form and the documents listed above.
Please be sure to include your phone number in order to contact you if there are any issues with your documents.

The insured person who gives birth applies in advance for the Childbirth and Childcare Lump-Sum Allowance with the medical institution, etc. where the child is born (limited to medical institutions, etc. approved by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) as the receiving agent, up to a limit of 500,000 yen. This is a system in which the city directly pays the amount of childbirth expenses paid to the medical institution. Advance application is required within two months before the expected delivery date.
Medical institutions, etc. that implement the receipt substitute system are approved by submitting notifications to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, as a guideline for the annual number of deliveries to be 100 or less, and the ratio of income related to delivery to be 50%.
Please check the website of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for the target medical institutions.