Inpatient medical care support system for the mentally ill

Last Updated September 4, 2024

About Yokohama-shi mental patient hospitalization medical support system

In Yokohama City, we provide 10,000 yen per month inpatient medical assistance to those who are hospitalized in Psychiatry hospitals.

About application for continuation

For those who continue to be hospitalized in Psychiatry, we accepted applications for continuation from July 1 to July 31, but ended after the period has passed.
If you have forgotten to apply for continuation, you will need to apply for a new application.
At that time, it is not possible to go back to the date, so it will be eligible from the month when the application arrives at the Mental Health Consultation Center.

Eligible persons (persons who meet all of the following are eligible)

１．Have a resident registration in Yokohama City
２．Being "voluntary hospitalization" or "medical protection hospitalization" based on the "Law Concerning Mental Health and Welfare for the Mentally Handicapped" in a psychiatric ward attached to a psychiatric hospital or general hospital
３．The sum of the municipal tax income percent for the application year (*) of the inpatients and all households belonging to the same household in resident certificate must be 104,400 yen or less

※If the application month is from April to June 2023, the municipal tax income percent for 2023, and if the application month is from July 2026 to June 2024, the municipal tax income percent for 2024 Please check.
※Judgment is made using the standard tax rate (6%) before the standard tax rate is revised in the designated city. This amount is written on the tax certificate.

Months eligible for payment of 10,000 yen (months that meet all of the following)

１．If you have been hospitalized for more than 20 days a month at the same hospital
２．If the co-payment of medical expenses (excluding dietary allowances, etc.) for that month is 10,000 yen or more
※It will be eligible from the month in which the application is accepted. It is not possible to make a reservation.

Flow from application to billing

This system requires two steps: "application" and "request".
At that time
①　If you are hospitalized at a hospital that is receiving a grant on behalf of you.　
②　①If you are hospitalized in a hospital that is not.　
The flow is different. ①A list of hospitals is posted on the system guide flyer (PDF: 316KB).

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①If you are hospitalized at a hospital that is receiving a grant on behalf of you.

Please prepare the necessary documents for the application and submit it to Yokohama City by mail.
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If Yokohama City receives the documents and is certified, you will receive a "Yokohama City Mental Handicapped Hospital Medical Support Subsidy Certificate" via the hospital.
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After that, the hospital performs the procedure on behalf of the person every month. How to receive the support money depends on the hospital, so please check with the hospital for details.

②　①If you are hospitalized in a hospital that is not.

Please prepare the necessary documents for the application and submit it to Yokohama City by mail.
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Once Yokohama City receives the documents and is certified, we will send the “Yokohama City Mental Handicapped Hospital Medical Support Grant Certificate” to the applicant Address.
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Every 3 months
・Invoice
・Certificate of hospitalization period, etc. (Please have it written at the hospital)
Please submit to Yokohama City by mail. This document is in the envelope with you when you send the certificate.
After screening in Yokohama City, we will transfer it to the designated account.

Documents required for application

Documents required for application
required documents	Details	Acquisition window
①Application Form (PDF: 264KB) ※Example of description (PDF: 447KB)	All members must be submitted.	◎Hospital to which you are hospitalized (some hospitals do not have some places.) ◎City homepage
②2024 City / Prefectural Tax Tax Exemption (Tax Exemption) Certificate	Of all households (15 years old or older), including patients, those who were not Yokohama citizens as of January 1, 2024 are required.	Tax Division, a municipal town in Address as of January 1, 2024
③Certificate of entry (copiable)	Necessary when an adult guardian applies ※When sending the original, if you wish to return it, please enclose a reply envelope.

※From the application in July 2024, the submission of the resident certificate and taxation certificate, which were previously required, was not required in principle, and we decided to investigate using the city system. If you do not wish to conduct a survey on the city system, please indicate so in the application form and submit a tax certificate with resident certificate.
※If the city system fails to confirm the information and taxation status of resident certificate, we will send you a separate letter.

Submission of documents (submission of application forms and invoices)

Destination

※Please send the documents by mail. Please prepare your own envelope.

FAQs

When will I be eligible if I apply?

Application documents are eligible from the month in which Yokohama City receives them.
You can't go back to the hospital before that.

Can I apply before hospitalization?

You can apply if you are expected to be hospitalized for more than 20 days in the same month even before hospitalization.
Since it is not possible to retroactively subsidize, we recommend that you apply early when you are expected.

You are not in a state where you can apply. Can I apply on behalf of you?

The following person can apply for a person other than the person himself / herself.
・Spouse
・Dependents (parents, children, brothers and sisters, grandchildren, great-grandfathers, great-grandchildren)
・Adult guardian (➡ Please submit a copy of the certificate of entry together)
※If there is no person who falls under the above and a relative must apply.
➡In the column of applicant information, write the application form as the patient himself, and write the relative information in the column of author.

His resident certificate is not in Yokohama, but he is hospitalized at a hospital in Yokohama. Can I apply?

Only those who have resident certificate in Yokohama can apply for this system.
If you have a resident certificate outside of Yokohama, please ask if there is a similar system in the relevant municipalities.
Conversely, if you have a resident certificate in Yokohama and are hospitalized at a hospital other than Yokohama, you can apply to Yokohama.

When do I need a city / prefectural tax tax (non-taxable) certificate?

If there is a family of all households including patients who were not Yokohama citizens as of January 1, 2024, a tax (tax-exempt) certificate for that person in 2024 will be required. (Because tax information cannot be confirmed by the Yokohama City system)
[Example] If there is a father and sister in the same household as the patient
・Patient…Yokohama citizens as of January 1, 2024
・The father of the patient…Yokohama citizens as of January 1, 2024
・The sister of the patient…Citizens other than Yokohama City as of January 1, 2024
If so, you will need a tax (non-taxable) certificate for the patient and father, and a tax (non-taxable) certificate for your sister.
※Even if you are a Yokohama citizen, if you cannot confirm the tax information on the city system due to undeclaration, etc., you need to submit a separate taxation (tax-exempt) certificate.

Do I need to apply again if I am transferred?

This system is certified for each hospital where you are hospitalized, so if the hospital changes, you need to apply again.

I was transferred in the middle of the month. Are you eligible for that month?

For example
The previous hospital 15 days ➡ Hospital after transfer 15 days
However, any hospital does not apply to "if you have been hospitalized for more than 20 days a month at the same hospital", so you will not be eligible for payment in that month.
The previous hospital 10 days ➡ Hospital after transfer 20 days
If so, you will be eligible for payment. (It is a condition that the application has been made again within the month under the name of the hospital after transfer.)

Do I need to apply again if I am re-entered?

No application is required within the period already approved. However, if the hospital changes, an application is required.

Once certified, can I use this system all the time?

This system covers one year from July to June of the following year. Even if it has been certified once, a "application for continuation" is required to continue using the system after July.
For those who have used this system until June, Yokohama City will send applications for "application for continuation", so please prepare the necessary documents for application and apply To do. (Those who are hospitalized in 1 hospital will be given by the hospital.)

I don't know if the hospital is 1 or 2.

①A list of (hospitals that receive support money on behalf of) is posted on the system guide flyer (PDF: 316KB).

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