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When applying for the Mental Handicapped Health and Welfare Handbook and Independence Support Medical Care (Mental Outpatient Care) by mail at the same time
Last Updated September 19, 2024
It is information when we apply for mental patient health welfare notebook and independence support medical care (psychiatric outpatient medical care) at the same time by "mail".
Please confirm what you need for your application and complete the procedure. Applications for mail will be accepted at a specialized center called the Administrative Processing Center.
▶Return to the page of the Mental Handicapped Health and Welfare Handbook
▶Return to the page of independence support medical care (psychiatric outpatient medical care)
Contents
- ２．Application for renewal (when both notebook and independence support are updated at the same time)
Type of application
１．New application (when applying for both notebook and independence support at the same time)
required documents is the first person who applies for the Mental Handicapped Health and Welfare Handbook and Independence Support Medical Care (psychiatric outpatient care) at the same time. (Application by mail)
| Name | Remarks |
|---|---|
①Application form (one for notebook and one for independence support) |
◆If printing is difficult at home or convenience store, you can request it by mail. (Stamp required) Please see this guide (PDF: 146KB). |
②Medical certificate (original) |
◆Please print it out from here and give it to family doctor. (The medical certificate must be written by a doctor in charge of mental outpatient care at a designated medical institution.) ◆Please choose either A3, 1 or A4 or 2 depending on the printer situation. (Please enlarge the A3 version to A3 and print it out. When printing in A4.2 sheets, print with two sheets on one side instead of double-sided printing. ) |
| ③Copy of My Number Card (both sides) | ◆If you do not have a My Number Card, you can also use a number notification card + identity verification document. If you do not have a My Number or a number notification card, please indicate so where the application is available. |
| ④Copy of identity verification documents | ◆③It is not necessary if you have a My Number card. |
| ⑤Copy of health insurance card (for the examinee) | ◆If you are enrolled in National Health Insurance →A copy of the insurance card for all persons in the same household on resident certificate who have the same medical care for the elderly is required. |
| ⑥Copy of hospitals, pharmacies, visiting nursing stations, etc. that you want to designate (patient's card Shinryo-ken, medicine bags, etc.) | In principle, there is one hospital that can be designated as independence support medical care, up to two pharmacies, and one visiting nursing station. |
⑦Municipal tax taxation certificate, tax exemption certificate of "target person" |
The independence support medical system checks the taxation status of the following "target persons". →For all persons in the same household on resident certificate who have the same medical care for the elderly ◆If the application at the counter was from January to June, he was a Yokohama citizen as of January 1 of the previous year. |
⑧Those who know the income (of the examinee) |
Under the independence support medical system, if the household is a tax-exempt household (all households are tax-exempt), it is necessary to report the income of the individual. [Public pension, etc.] ◆Old-age pension and corporate pension◆disability pension ◆Special Child Raising Allowance (Children with disabilities under the age of 20) ◆Salary income, dividend income, transfer income, etc. |
| ⑨One face photo (4cm long x 3cm wide) | ◆Please write your name and date of birth on the back of the photo. |
⑩(When an agent applies) |
◆If you are applying for a proxy, you will also need identification documents for the proxy. If an adult guardian is applied, a certificate of entry is also required. |
⑪(If you are under 18 years of age) |
２．Application for renewal (when both notebook and independence support are updated at the same time)
required documents is a person who already has a Mental Handicapped Health and Welfare Handbook and a certificate of recipient of independence support medical care (psychiatric outpatient care) and applies for renewal at the same time. (Application by mail)
The notebook is updated once every two years, and independence support is updated once a year. Independence support does not require a medical certificate every year renewed, and a medical certificate is required once every two years. This guide is for those who have the condition that "it is the time to renew the notebook and the time to submit a medical certificate every two years for independence support medical care."
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◆You can apply for renewal of your notebook and independence support three months before the expiration date.
※For February, the year up to the 29th is replaced with February 29th.
※Applications cannot be accepted because the paperwork center is closed on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and New Year's holidays. Please apply as soon as possible.
◆Even if the notebook can be renewed, the independence support cannot be renewed, or vice versa, you cannot apply at the same time.
◆If the expiration date of the notebook and independence support is out of date, it may be possible to arrange it in some cases. (Notebooks cannot change the period, so they will be adjusted with independence support.)
◆We have not sent any updates from Yokohama City. After confirming the expiration date written on your notebook or ID of independence support recipient, please apply for renewal so that you do not forget it.
◆If you apply for renewal by the expiration date, the period will not be interrupted, but it will take a considerable amount of time from applying for your notebook and independence support to grant. The following inconveniences may occur, so we recommend that you apply immediately 3 months ago.
・Notebook ➡ If you present your notebook and use other services, you may not be able to receive the service because you do not have the notebook at hand.
・Independence support ➡ During the period when the recipient ID is not at hand, you will be required to present a copy of the reception confirmation slip and have a medical examination, but depending on the medical institution, you will be charged 30%. For 30% of the period during which there was no beneficiary ID at hand, the difference at a later date can be refunded, but the burden will temporarily increase.
| Name | Remarks |
|---|---|
①Application form (one for notebook and one for independence support) |
◆If printing is difficult at home or convenience store, you can request it by mail. (Stamp required) Please see this guide (PDF: 146KB). |
②Medical certificate (original) |
◆Please print it out from here and give it to family doctor. (The medical certificate must be written by a doctor in charge of mental outpatient care at a designated medical institution.) ◆Please choose either A3, 1 or A4 or 2 depending on the printer situation. (Please enlarge the A3 version to A3 and print it out. When printing in A4.2 sheets, print with two sheets on one side instead of double-sided printing. ) |
| ③Copy of My Number Card (both sides) | ◆If you do not have a My Number Card, you can also use a number notification card + identity verification document. If you do not have a My Number or a number notification card, please indicate so where the application is available. |
| ④Copy of identity verification documents | ◆③It is not necessary if you have a My Number card. |
| ⑤Copy of health insurance card (for the examinee) | ◆If you are enrolled in National Health Insurance |
⑥Copy of hospitals, pharmacies, visiting nursing stations, etc. that you want to designate (patient's card Shinryo-ken, medicine bags, etc.) |
In principle, there is one hospital that can be designated as independence support medical care, up to two pharmacies, and one visiting nursing station. |
⑦Municipal tax taxation certificate, tax exemption certificate of "target person" |
The independence support medical system checks the taxation status of the following "target persons". ◆If the application at the counter was from January to June, he was a Yokohama citizen as of January 1 of the previous year. |
⑧Those who know the income (of the examinee) |
Under the independence support medical system, if the household is a tax-exempt household (all households are tax-exempt), it is necessary to report the income of the individual. ◆Old-age pension and corporate pension ◆Special disability benefits (benefits provided as welfare measures for the absence of voluntary participation in National Pension Plan (Kokumin Nenkin)) ◆Disability compensation due to work injury pension [Total income amount under the Local Tax Law] |
⑨One face photo (4cm long x 3cm wide)
However, if only the paper style notebook changes at the time of renewal or reapproval, a photo must be submitted at the time of issuing the notebook. |
◆Please write your name and date of birth on the back of the photo. |
| ⑩A copy of your current Mental Handicapped Health and Welfare Handbook (both sides) | |
⑪(When an agent applies) |
◆If you are applying for a proxy, you will also need identification documents for the proxy. If an adult guardian is applied, a certificate of entry is also required. |
⑫(If you are under 18 years of age) |
３．About the flow from application to grant
◆It takes about 2 to 3 months from application to delivery. It depends on the timing and content of the application.
◆The notebook will be issued at the ward window, and the ID of the independence support recipient will be issued by mail (specific record).
◆About notebook, when grant is decided, we send guidance called "news of grant of mental patient health welfare notebook" from ward office. Please bring the belongings written there and receive it at the window of Elderly and Disabled Support Division. ※Notebooks cannot be issued by mail. If you cannot go to the window of the ward due to circumstances, you can receive it by a substitute.
◆As a result of examination, when it becomes disapproval, we send notice of disapproval from health consultation center of city heart.
４．In the case of mail application
◆In the case of mail application, the date on which the paperwork center receives the documents = the application date. In the case of a new application, the notebook and independence support will be effective from that date.
◆The paperwork center is closed on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and the year-end and New Year holidays, so the documents received on that day will be the day on which the documents were received on the next open agency day.
◆If the contents of the application are incomplete or there are insufficient documents to be submitted, the paperwork center will contact you. Please be sure to fill out the application form with Phone number that will be contacted during the day. If additional submissions are not made, we will return them as non-acceptance.
◆Documents cannot be brought directly to the paperwork center or city hall (6-50-10 Honmachi, Naka-ku). Please be sure to send it by mail. If you would like to bring your documents, please bring them to the ward office window.
◆Please make sure that there is no shortage of stamps.
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Inquiries to this page
Health and Social Welfare Bureau Health and Welfare Department Mental Health Consultation Center
Telephone: 045-671-4455
Telephone: 045-671-4455
Fax: 045-662-3525
Email address: kf-kokoro@city.yokohama.lg.jp
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