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Social assistance Help with pregnancy and maternity

If you receive social assistance or basic security, you will receive support during pregnancy and maternity leave.

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Detailed description

As a recipient of social assistance or basic security, you will receive support from the social welfare office during pregnancy and maternity if you do not have health insurance.
You will receive the normal health insurance benefits:

  • Medical treatment and care,
  • Support from midwives,
  • Medicines, dressings and remedies.

If necessary, you will receive care in residential facilities. If you need care at home and your family cannot provide the care, the costs of home care will also be covered in proportion. However, this depends on the level of care required.

 

Information

Prerequisites

Health assistance is available to persons who do not have statutory or adequate private health insurance, for whom provision of services through the health insurance company (Section 264, Paragraph 4 of the Social Code Book V) is not an option, and for whom it is unreasonable to raise the funds for the necessary assistance from income and assets.

Documents required

  • Application for health assistance and supporting documents
  • Identity card or passport (or other documents that can clearly identify the person)

Please note

no

Deadlines

No

Procedure

After you submit your application, the basic security and social welfare office will check and decide on your eligibility requirements.

Processing time

A decision on the application will be made immediately. The processing time depends, among other things, on the completeness of the information and the submission of the evidence required to process the application.

Fees

No

Legal remedies

Contradiction

Legal basis

§ 50 SGBXII Assistance with pregnancy and maternity

http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_12/__50.html



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Last updated: 16.01.2025