Specific medical expenses (designated incurable disease) Subsidy Program (renewal procedure)

The validity period of your current recipient ID will end on September 30, 2024.
Renewal procedure is necessary to receive identification of recipient from October 1, 2024.
For required documents, etc., please refer to the information on procedures for renewing recipients of the specified medical expenses (designated incurable disease) in FY2024 (PDF: 1,511KB).

[Handling Details]
If you apply for renewal by the following application date and are certified, you will be issued a recipient ID from October 1, 2024.
　・Date of application　
　In the case of mail application Monday, September 30, 2024 ※Postmark valid on the day
　In case of application at each ward Elderly and Disabled Support Division window Monday, September 30, 2024

　※You can apply for renewal until the above date, but you will receive a new recipient ID by October 1, 2024.
　　The application deadline for this is [must arrive on Wednesday, July 31, 2024].
For details, please refer to 　　the information on renewal procedures for specific medical expenses (designated incurable disease) recipients in FY2024 (PDF: 1,511KB).

For those who already have a beneficiary ID, a set of renewal procedures will be sent out sequentially from early June 2024.
If you do not receive it by mid-June, please contact the Health and Social Welfare Bureau Medical Aid Division incurable disease Countermeasure Section.

●　Specific medical expenses supply certification application (for renewal) (PDF: 228KB)

●　Specific medical expenses supply certification application form (for renewal) entry example (PDF: 789KB)

●　Information on renewal procedures for specific medical expenses (designated incurable disease) recipients in FY2024 (PDF: 1,511KB)

●　Clinical Survey Personal Card (Medical Certificate)

You can download it from the following website of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and the website of the incurable disease Information Center.

http://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/0000084783.html (external site) (link: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website)

http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/ (external site) (link: incurable disease Information Center)

●　Announcement of incurable disease Lectures and Exchange Meetings in 2024 (as of April 1, 2024) (PDF: 422KB)

Click here for the latest version. → https://translate-en.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kurashi/kenko-iryo/iryo/nanbyo/kanjashien/kouenkai.html

●Reply envelope

We recommend mail application for alleviation of window congestion of ward office. In the case of mail application, please attach a stamp for the required amount.

(We recommend mailing in a method that allows you to check the delivery status of simple registered mail, etc.)

・If there is a change in the contents of the current recipient ID, an application for change is required. Details can be found on the specific medical expenses (designated incurable disease) Grant Program (application for change) page.

・In the case of mail application, the application acceptance date will be the date when the documents were opened and accepted by the Medical Aid Division incurable disease Countermeasures Section.

・Designated physicians and designated medical institutions in Yokohama are listed on the specific medical expenses (designated incurable disease) subsidy program (list of designated doctors and designated medical institutions).

　In order to alleviate window congestion, the end date of the validity period has been changed as follows from the recipient ID after the renewal application in 2024. As a result, the application period for renewal of the recipient ID will also be changed.
　The end date of the validity period of the beneficiary ID from October 1, 2024 depends on the patient's own birth month. Please check the validity period chart below. (* If you are apportioned within same household, the expiration date may differ from the validity period chart.)
Valid period chart (PDF: 329KB)

The next renewal time is as described in the validity period chart. It is also printed at the bottom of the address of the recipient ID from October 1, 2024 sent this time, so please check it.

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