After Giving Birth

Japanese（日本語（にほんご））

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Notification of Birth

Childbirth Allowance

Postnatal Medical Checkups

Newborn Baby Hearing Checkups

Childcare Support Benefit 

 Notification of Birth

When you have had a baby, make sure to do the following:

Submit a Notification of Birth

Please submit a Notification of Childbirth (within 14 days of the birth).
Please bring your Maternal and Child Health Handbook and Notification of Childbirth with you when you come to the City Office.

• Family Registry and Change of Address Division
  TEL: 072-724-6724 FAX: 072-724-0853

Apply for a Medical Care Certificate for a Child

When you get a Health Insurance card for your baby, please apply for a 'Medical Care Certificate for a Child'. It can be used to subsidize your child's medical expenses.

• Long-Term Care Insurance, Medical Subsidies And Pension Division
  TEL: 072-724-6733 FAX: 072-724-6040

Apply for a Visa

Please apply for a visa for your child within 30 days of birth.
Please contact the below for details.

• Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau
  TEL: 0570-064259

Please notify your embassy or consulate.

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 Childbirth Allowance

If you have National Health Insurance and give birth at a hospital, you can apply for a childbirth allowance called “Shussan Ikuji Ichiji Kin” (a system in which you receive 500,000 yen from National Health Insurance after giving birth). Some hospitals don’t have this system so please ask your hospital directly.

If the expense of the delivery is more than 500,000 yen, you will need to pay the remaining cost to the hospital.

If the expense of the delivery is less than 500,000 yen, you will receive the rest of the money from National Health Insurance.

If you give birth to a baby in another country or give birth within 22 weeks of pregnancy, you can receive 488,000 yen from National Health Insurance.
Also, you can get reduced insurance rates for before and after childbirth.
Insurance rates can be reduced for 4 months, starting from the month before your estimated due date of birth. 
Please apply at the National Health Insurance Division. 

• National Health Insurance Division
  TEL: 072-724-6734 FAX: 072-724-6040

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Postnatal Medical Checkups

You can get 1 health checkup at around 2 weeks after giving birth, then 1 more checkup at around 1 month (within 8 weeks 6 days after birth). 

You will receive Postnatal Checkup Coupons (Sanpu Kenkou Shinsa Jushin Ken) (2 coupons) along with your Maternal and Child Health Handbook as public funding for your medical checkups.

	Checkup period	Maximum public subsidy	Where you can use it
Postnatal Checkup Coupons	2 weeks after birth	5,000 yen	At hospitals or maternity centers in Osaka Prefecture
	1 month after birth	5,000 yen

• Refund System
  If you give birth and get a postnatal checkup from a medical facility, etc. outside of Osaka prefecture, you can apply to the Minoh City refund system for a partial refund of the fees (money). 
  You may receive the money you paid back, up to the value of the remaining subsidy (this is called the Refund system (Kanpu Seido)).
  
  How to apply
  
  Please apply at the Healthy Children Division (City Office Annex Building 2F), within one year of the checkup.
  
  (1) Application: You must apply for a Postnatal Checkup Subsidy (Sanpu Kenkou Shinsahi Josei Kin).
  
  (2) What you need to apply: receipts, a detailed statement, your Maternal and Child Health Handbook, proof of your bank account number, and any Postnatal Checkup Coupons that you have not used.
  
  (3) Amount of refund: You will receive either the cost of the medical checkup or the value of the remaining subsidy, whichever is less.

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Newborn Baby Hearing Checkups

You will receive Newborn Baby Hearing Checkup Slips (Shin Seiji Choukaku Kensa Juken Hyou) along with your Maternal and Child Health Handbook as public funding for your medical checkups. Public funding can cover an automated ABR test up to 5,000 yen or an OAE test up to 1,500 yen (1 test for the first time only).

• Refund System
  If your baby gets a hearing checkup outside of Osaka prefecture, you can apply to the refund system. You may receive the money you paid back, up to the value of the remaining subsidy (this is called the Refund System (Kanpu Seido)).
  
  How to apply
  
  Please apply at the Healthy Children Division (City Office Annex Building 2F), within one year of the checkup.
  
  (1) Application: You must apply for a Newborn Baby Hearing Checkup Subsidy (Shin Seiji Choukaku Kensahi Josei Kin).
  
  (2) What you need to apply: receipts, a detailed statement, your Maternal and Child Health Handbook, proof of your bank account number, and any Newborn Baby Hearing Checkup Slips that you have not used.
  
  (3) Amount of refund: You will receive either the cost of the medical checkup or the value of the remaining subsidy, whichever is less.
• Healthy Children Division
  TEL: 072-724-6768 FAX: 072-721-9907

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Childcare Support Benefit

After you have submitted a "Notification of Childbirth" form, completed a consultation with a public healthcare worker (through a "Hello Baby" visit, etc.), then completed a question sheet, you can get a 50,000 yen childcare support benefit (until around 4 months after birth).

• Healthy Children Division
  TEL: 072-724-6768 FAX: 072-721-9907

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