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INFORMATION ABOUT CORONAVIRUSPandemic Nursing BenefitPandemic nursing benefit is provided during the crisis situation (from March 12, 2020 to its termination). The amount of the pandemic nursing benefit s 55% of the daily assessment basis or the probable daily assessment basis. Entitled to the pandemic nursing benefit are employees, compulsory sickness insured persons, voluntarily sickness insured persons and natural persons who have exercised the right to pandemic nursing benefit within the protection period after the termination of sickness insurance.
Entitlement to Pandemic Nursing BenefitSchool children - procedure
Children who attend nursery school - procedure In the case of the care of a child who is a nursery school attendee applies that a parent of such a child is entitled to pandemic nursing benefit only if the nursery school is closed by decision of the competent authority. It is not possible to receive nursing benefit if the parent decides not to put the child in school / kindergarten only because of coronavirus concerns. Parents of these children are entitled to pandemic nursing benefit even if the child's health suddenly deteriorates and the attending physician has confirmed the need for nursing on the form – Nursing Benefit Application Form.
Children who are not nursery school attendees - procedure Parents of children who are not yet nursery school attendees are entitled to pandemic nursing benefit if they decide not to place the child in a nursery school or in the care of a caregiver/au pair for fear of coronavirus. Parents of these children are entitled to pandemic nursing benefit even if the child's health suddenly deteriorates and the attending physician has confirmed the need for nursing on the form – Nursing Benefit Application Form.
Care for close relatives – procedure The insured person is entitled to pandemic nursing benefit s/he is caring for a close relative (child, grandson, great-grandson; parent, grandparent, grandparent; sibling, spouse or parent of the spouse) who is provided with care in social services facilities and this facility was closed or s/he is not attending it due to fear of coronavirus.
How to claim pandemic nursing benefit and its paymentThe insured must express an interest in having the nursing benefit awarded:
In order for the insured to be paid the nursing benefit at the end of each calendar month in which the insured personally and whole day cared for or personally and whole day nursed the child, or another person stipulated by law, s/he must send the branch a completed Affidavit for the Nursing Benefit Application. Nursing Benefit Application Form (a claim asserted during a crisis) and an Affidavit for the Nursing Benefit Application can be submitted and sent by the insured person to the Social Insurance Agency (SIA) in the following ways:
Electronically, by sending the electronic form (authentic signature of the insured person is not required) Attention: this method can be applied only to the Slovak version of the form:
English version of the form can only be used by filling in a non-electronic form and its sending by e-mail to the e-mail address of SIA branch. Application Form/Affidavit has to be sent to e-mail address of SIA branch.
By post or by inserting to the branch mailbox This option is used mainly in the case of claiming pandemic nursing benefit through the original Nursing Benefit Application Form issued by the attending physician. Documents sent in this way must be authentically signed by the insured person, regardless of whether the claim is made through the original Nursing Benefit Request Form confirmed by a doctor or the Nursing Benefit Request (claim made during a crisis situation).§ This option is used mainly in the case of claiming pandemic nursing homes through the original Nursing Home Application issued by the attending physician.§ This option is used mainly in the case of claiming pandemic nursing homes through the original Nursing Home Application issued by the attending physician. Contacts to branches can be found here: Kontakty – pobočky Nursing Benefit Application Form and Affidavit for the Nursing Benefit Application has to be sent to the address of the locally competent branch (employee according to the employer´s registered office; self-employed or voluntarily insured person according to the permanent residence). Employee has to inform his/her employer that s/he will be nursing a family member in a manner determined by the employer. Based on the received first application for a Pandemic Nursing Benefit, the Social Insurance Agency will start proceedings on the Nursing Benefit claim. A decision shall be issued within 60 days from the receipt of the application. After the decision is issued, the nursing benefit is paid monthly in arrears within the deadlines set by the branch.
Pandemic sickness benefit(sickness benefits paid in connection with a coronavirus pandemic) Entitlement to the pandemic sickness benefit arises during a crisis situation (at the earliest from March 27, 2020 until its end) related to the spread of COVID 19, if the temporary incapacity for work has been confirmed by the attending physician due to prescribed quarantine or isolation. Entitlement to pandemic sickness benefit arises in such cases from the first day of temporary incapacity for work. In this case:
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