Nghe An resolutely implements health insurance for students in the 2024-2025 school year

The document clearly states: To complete the goal of 100% of students participating in Health Insurance (HI) according to Decision No. 546/QD-TTg dated April 29, 2022 of the Prime Minister, the Provincial People's Committee requests Directors of departments, branches; People's Committees of districts, cities, towns; Principals of universities, colleges, vocational high schools in the province to effectively implement the following contents:

Provincial Social Insurance:Preside over and coordinate with departments, branches, localities, members of the Steering Committee for the implementation of social insurance (SI) and health insurance policies, universities, colleges, vocational high schools, vocational training schools in the province, news agencies, and media to promote the peak before the new school year; organize the implementation of Decision No. 546/QD-TTg dated April 29, 2022 of the Prime Minister; Plan No. 311/KH-UBND dated June 4, 2021 of the Provincial People's Committee to implement the goal of social insurance coverage,Health insurancein Nghe An province for the period 2021-2025 has been proposed.

Direct the Social Insurance of districts and towns to promptly transfer primary health care funds to educational institutions in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Health Insurance and Decree No. 146/2018/ND-CP dated October 17, 2018 of the Prime Minister.

Coordinate with educational institutions to continue installing and providing instructions on how to use the VssID application - Social Insurance number to parents and students.

Department of Education and Training:Direct educational institutions to be proactive and responsible in implementing health insurance for students, assign the target of 100% of students participating in health insurance in educational institutions for the 2024-2025 school year and include the criteria for students participating in health insurance in the annual assessment and classification criteria of educational institutions, ensuring that the criterion of 100% of students participating in health insurance in educational institutions for the 2024-2025 school year is met.

Propagate and widely disseminate to students and parents policies and laws on health insurance; the role and significance of health insurance in the work of caring for and protecting the health of children and students at school.

Direct and thoroughly instruct educational institutions to include student health insurance fees in the mandatory fees according to the Law on Health Insurance at the beginning of the school year.

Coordinate with the Social Insurance agency to guide, inspect and supervise the implementation of Student Health Insurance. Take timely measures to deal with cases of non-compliance with Health Insurance regulations; at the same time, remove difficulties and obstacles in the process of implementing Student Health Insurance.

Preside over and coordinate with the Department of Health and the Provincial Social Insurance to direct and guide educational institutions to use funds from the Health Insurance Fund effectively and in accordance with the provisions of Decree No. 146/2018/ND-CP of the Prime Minister.

Direct educational institutions that do not have school health workers or have health workers but have not been granted a practice certificate to coordinate with health stations of wards, communes, towns or polyclinics with legal status, operational functions and practice certificates according to regulations of the Ministry of Health to sign contracts for primary health care for children and students at educational institutions.

Health service:Direct medical examination and treatment facilities at all levels to continue improving the quality of medical examination and treatment to ensure full rights and create favorable conditions for health insurance participants, including students, to go for medical examination and treatment, aiming at patient satisfaction.

Directing district, city and town health centers to guide health stations, wards, communes, towns or polyclinics that meet the prescribed conditions to sign contracts with educational institutions in the area (at the request of schools) in providing primary health care for children and students studying at educational institutions.

Coordinate with the Department of Education and Training to strengthen and develop school health facilities, organize training, coaching, and professional development in school health work; issue practice certificates when qualified according to the provisions of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment and guiding documents, and provide professional support for school health staff.

Department of Finance:Based on the proposal of Nghe An Provincial Social Insurance on the need for State budget support for payment and actual progress of issuing health insurance cards, advise the Provincial People's Committee to decide on funding to purchase health insurance cards in accordance with regulations.

Department of Information and Communications:Direct and guide press agencies and grassroots information systems to continue promoting propaganda and dissemination of laws on social insurance and health insurance; promote the role of health insurance and the responsibility of the entire population to participate in health insurance, including the regulation that students are compulsory health insurance participants.

Provincial Youth Union:Coordinate with the provincial Social Insurance, the Department of Education and Training of Nghe An province and related units to promote propaganda work, coordinate research on solutions to use current social media tools, integrate content into activities of the Youth Union, Association, and Team at all levels to propagate legal regulations on the role of health insurance policy and the responsibility to participate in health insurance of union members, youth and students in the whole province.

Proposal to the Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province:Coordinate and guide the Fatherland Front at all levels and member organizations to promote propaganda activities and mobilize people of all walks of life to actively respond to and well implement the Party and State's policies and guidelines on insurance work in general andStudent health insurance in particular, contributing to protecting and caring for people's health and caring for the health of young generations.

People's Committees of districts, cities and towns:Direct the Department of Education and Training to coordinate with the Social Insurance agency at the same level to effectively propagate and mobilize all classes of people, pupils and students to participate in Health Insurance, striving to achieve the goal of 100% of pupils and students in the management area participating in Health Insurance according to the direction of the Prime Minister.

Direct the Department of Education and Training to coordinate with the Youth Union in disseminating the provisions of the law on Health Insurance for union members, youth and students; review and compile statistics on schools in the area that have not reached 100% coverage, and propose to synthesize appropriate solutions for students to participate in Health Insurance.

Directing the work of propaganda, explanation and implementation of the Health Insurance policy for students living in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions that are not currently on the approved list: Continue to participate in Health Insurance according to the group of subjects guaranteed 100% by the State budget (if any) or participate in Health Insurance at school according to the regulations on determining the order of subjects participating in Health Insurance in Clause 7, Article 1 of the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance in 2014.

Principals of universities, colleges, vocational high schools and vocational training schools in the area:Directing the organization and implementation of propaganda work to raise awareness among students about the role of health insurance and the responsibility of students to participate in health insurance; Coordinate with the provincial social insurance agency to successfully implement the goal of 100% of students participating in health insurance according to the direction of the Prime Minister.

Coordinate with the Social Insurance agency to organize consulting activities, direct dialogues, visual propaganda, and provide publications to learn about what you need to know about the Health Insurance policy before the new school year, contributing to changing and improving students' understanding of the superiority of the Health Insurance policy.

Strengthen propaganda work, raise awareness for students about the role of Health Insurance, promote the implementation of Health Insurance for students, especially students in the second year and above, and be responsible for collecting Health Insurance premiums (self-paid part of students) and make a list of cards to send to the Social Insurance agency to issue cards promptly to students.

Collect the portion of the fee that students are responsible for paying according to the basic salary prescribed in Decree No. 73/2024/ND-CP dated June 30, 2024 of the Government.

Requesting Directors of departments, branches, and sectors; Chairmen of People's Committees of districts, cities, and towns; Principals of universities, colleges, professional high schools, and vocational schools to promptly, seriously, and effectively implement the above contents./.