Definition / Purpose of the benefit
The maternity benefit is provided to the following persons:
- insurees on the grounds of pregnancy or raising a born child;
- another insuree who took the child up to three years of age into his or her raising and who raises a child
Who is eligible
The following persons are eligible to the maternity benefit:
Entitlement to the maternity benefit arises to the following persons:
- the mother of the child;
- another insuree who took the child into his or her care and who raises the child
The another insuree is any of the following persons:
- the father of the child
- if the mother died;
- if the child's mother can not take care for the child or may not care for her ill health that lasts for at least one month (as certified by a physician) and the mother benefits neither from the maternity benefit nor from the parental benefit;
- after an agreement with the mother, at the earliest six weeks from the date of delivery if the mother benefits neither from the maternity benefit nor from the parental benefit;
- the husband of the child's mother, if the child's mother can not take care for the child or may not care for her ill health that lasts for at least one month (as certified by a physician) and the mother benefits neither from the maternity benefit nor from the parental benefit;
- the wife of the child's father if she cares for a child whose mother died;
- a natural person, if he or she cares for the child based on a decision of the competent authority.
Claiming
The claim should be claimed by claim for the maternity benefit.
It is a form of the Social Insurance Agency, which is not freely available.:
- in the case of a pregnant insuree, the form shall be issued by a physician of a health care facility, usually at the beginning of the eighth to the sixth week before the expected date of delivery;
- in the case of another insurer (not the mother who gave birth to the child) the form shall be provided by the relevant branch of the Social Insurance Agency.
Before the sending to the Social Insurance Agency, the insuree shall be obliged to do the following:
- indicate statement data (whether benefit from overlapping insurances is claimed and the way of payment of the benefit), sign it and, and in the case of an employee, to submit the certificate to the employer, too.
If an insuree wishes to claim the maternity benefit from multiple sickness insurances, he or she should send the claim for the maternity benefit separately for each of them.
Where and when should I claim?
- Self-employed persons (SZCO) with compulsory sickness insurance, persons with voluntary sickness insurance and a natural person submitted the claim for the maternity benefit to the branch of the Social Insurance Agency, which performs / performed the last his or her sickness insurance..
- The employee shall submit the claim for the maternity benefit to his or her employer, who should fill in and sign the confirmation of the employer on the claim form.
- The claim for the maternity benefit should be submitted as soon as possible after the issue of the application.
