Assistance for travel, subsistence and accommodation costs arising from healthcare

WHO CAN APPLY?

Individuals (SICK PERSON and, where applicable, COMPANIONS).

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS?

Patients:

Have the right to healthcare recognised by the National Social Security Institute and Sacyl Health Card.

Travel for healthcare purposes.

The healthcare received at the centre to which they are travelling must have been duly indicated by the doctor responsible for their care and, where applicable, authorised and channelled by the Healthcare Management or Area Health Management, depending on whether it is an intra-provincial or inter-provincial trip.

In order to be eligible for assistance, patients must, in addition to the above, meet at least one of the following requirements:

1. Be under 18 years of age.
2. Have a recognised disability of 66% or more.
3. Be in a situation of dependency, at least at level II.
4. Be a cancer patient who has to travel to receive healthcare related to the cancer process.
5. Be a patient on the waiting list for a transplant and/or a transplant recipient who has to travel to receive healthcare related to the transplant process.
6. Be a recipient of social integration income, non-contributory pensions or be unemployed and have exhausted your right to receive unemployment benefit for as long as your situation persists.
7. Have an income level, as stated in the general taxable base and savings box of the personal income tax return, of less than €18,000 per year.

Accompanying persons:

• For patients under 18 years of age.
• For patients who, due to their clinical condition, require an accompanying person and this need is indicated by the doctor or authorised by the Management.

Furthermore, a ‘special regime’ of assistance is established for cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy treatment.

SPECIAL REGIME FOR CANCER PATIENTS (96 kbytes)

Amount:

The amount of the grants will be as follows:

AMOUNT of Grants for TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATION AND MAINTENANCE (Updated 03-06-2022) (103 kbytes)

WHAT DOCUMENTS DO I NEED?

The APPLICATION form must be completed and accompanied by the following DOCUMENTATION:

• Document certifying the representative's title.
•  Proof of travel by aeroplane.
• Tickets proving the use of regular public transport by the accompanying person.

In addition, where applicable, the following documentation must be submitted, unless the applicant authorises the Administration to consult it:

• Photocopy of the patient's Individual Health Card.
• Photocopy of the applicant's National Identity Card, provided that they are not the patient.
• Photocopy of the document certifying the patient's degree of disability as equal to or greater than 66%.
• Photocopy of the document certifying the patient's recognised dependency status as at least grade II.
• Photocopy of the receipt from the centre where the patient was treated, stating the days during which healthcare was provided and the type of care, whether for consultation or hospital admission, in the latter case indicating the date of admission and discharge.

 

ORGANISM::

Organisation responsible

• Consejería de Sanidad
• Gerencia Regional de Salud (SACyL)

MANAGING ORGAN:

Dirección General de Asistencia Sanitaria y Humanización

ORGAN THAT RESOLVES:

Gerencias de Salud de Área o Gerencias de Asistencia Sanitaria

Notificaciones:

• By Postal Mail at the address of the interested party.
• Electronic notification by appearance, by means of a notice via the e-mail address included in the application. This notice shall not have the effect of a notification until the interested party accesses the content of the notification in the NOTI notification system. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• An appeal may be lodged against the decision to grant or deny the aid before the President of the Regional Health Authority in the case of Healthcare Authorities or before the Managing Director of the Regional Health Authority in the case of Area Health Authorities.
• The aid is paid by bank transfer to the account specified in the corresponding application.