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Maternal and Child Health Handbook

Once you learn you are pregnant, please submit a completed notification of pregnancy to the city office. Upon submitting the notification, you will be issued a Maternal and Child Health Handbook. English, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Thai, Korean and Vietnamese editions of the handbook are available for foreign residents. Also please apply for a Medical Care Certificate for Expectant and Nursing Mothers.

Required Items Notification of pregnancy, my number notification card, health insurance card, passbook and personal seal
Where to take
the procedures		 Children and Family Division, One-stop Health and Welfare Advisory Service, Hiraishi, Tomiya, Sugatagawa and Kawachi Citizens’ Centers
Inquiries Children and Family Division
Phone 028-632-2388

Medical Expense Subsidies for Expectant and Nursing Mothers

This financial assistance subsidizes a portion of the medical expenses to be paid individually when expectant and nursing mothers residing in Utsunomiya undergo inpatient or outpatient medical treatment covered by health insurance.

Eligibility Holders of a Medical Care Certificate for Expectant and Nursing Mothers
Coverage period From the first day of the month in which you received the Maternal and Child Health Handbook to the end of the month after the month following the date of childbirth (miscarriage)
How to claim the subsidy
  1. Pay your co-payments to medical institutions and receive itemized receipts.
  2. Submit a completed claim form and itemized receipts, among others, to the city office
  3. The subsidy will be deposited into your account.
Inquiries Children and Family Division
Phone 028-632-2296

Vaccinations

Vaccination is the best way to prevent infectious diseases, mitigate the effects of infection, and contain the spread of infection. There are two types of vaccination: routine vaccination and optional vaccination. Children with a registered address in the city are eligible to receive the former free of charge within the designated time period.

To have your child vaccinated, your Maternal and Child Health Handbook and your child’s vaccination card are required. Please confirm the types of vaccine and the standard vaccination periods in advance by referring to your Maternal and Child Health Handbook or the publications below, and have your child vaccinated at medical institutions.

For medical institutions administering vaccinations in the city, please refer to the city’s website linked below or A Guide for Health Promotion available at the Public Health Center, Citizens’ Centers and branch offices. Please be sure to call a medical institution of your choice to ask about the necessity of advance reservations and the date and time the vaccination will be administered.

Links
  1. Vaccination Research Center,
    Vaccination and Children's Health (2019)
    Available in English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, Tagalog, Nepali and Bahasa Indonesia.
    http://www.yoboseshu-rc.com/publics/index/8/
  2. Utsunomiya City Guide for Daily Life, pp.41-44
    https://www.city.utsunomiya.tochigi.jp/_res/projects/default_project/_page_/001/007/972/h30euglish.pdf

For a listing of medical institutions in Utsunomiya administering vaccinations, please click here:
https://www.city.utsunomiya.tochigi.jp/_res/projects/default_project/_page_/001/004/383/300918iryoukikannitirann.pdf

Inquiries Division of Public Health and Disease Control and Prevention
Phone 028-626-1114

Medical Expense Subsidies for Children

This financial assistance subsidizes the medical expenses to be paid individually when children ages 0 to 15 (before completing junior high school) residing in Utsunomiya undergo inpatient or outpatient medical treatment covered by health insurance.
When you present your child’s health insurance card and Children’s Medical Care Certificate at medical institutions, medical fees will be waived. To be a beneficially of this financial assistance, the Children’s Medical Care Certificate is required. Please apply for the certificate.

Items required to apply Health insurance card, passbook, personal seal, etc.
Where to apply Children and Family Division, One-stop Health and Welfare Advisory Service, Citizens’ Centers, branches offices
In case that you paid medical fees at a medical institution
  1. Submit a completed claim form for reimbursement and itemized receipts, among others, to the city office.
  2. The subsidy will be deposited into your account.
Inquiries Children and Family Division
Phone 028-632-2296

Medical Expense Subsidies for Single-Parent Families

This financial assistance subsidizes a portion of the medical expenses to be paid individually when members of single-mother or single-father families (parents and their children) undergo inpatient or outpatient medical treatment covered by health insurance. The assistance is available until the first March 31 following the child’s 18th birthday. Income restrictions apply.

Eligibility Single-parents and their children (up to the first March 31 after their 18th birthday)
Items required to apply for eligibility screening Health insurance card, passbook, personal seal, etc.
Where to apply for eligibility screening Children and Family Division
Where to claim the subsidy Children and Family Division, One-stop Health and Welfare Advisory Service, Citizens’ Centers, branch Offices
Inquiries Children and Family Division
Phone 028-632-2399