Application for sickness benefits under new regulations

Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Article 47 of the Law on Social Insurance 2024 (effective from July 1, 2025) stipulates the application for sickness benefits as follows:

1. The application for sickness benefits for employees or employees' children receiving inpatient treatment is the original or a copy of one of the following documents:

a) Hospital discharge papers;

b) Summary of medical records;

c) Other documents proving inpatient treatment.

2. The application for sickness benefits for employees or employees' children receiving outpatient treatment is one of the following documents:

a) Certificate of leave to receive social insurance;

b) Original or copy of discharge paper indicating the time required for outpatient treatment after inpatient treatment;

c) Original or copy of medical record summary indicating the time needed for outpatient treatment after inpatient treatment.

3. The application for sickness benefits for employees or employees' children who receive medical examination and treatment abroad consists of medical examination and treatment documents showing the name of the disease and the duration of treatment issued by the medical examination and treatment facility abroad and must meet the following requirements:

a) Have a Vietnamese translation notarized or certified in accordance with the law on notarization and certification;

b) Consular legalization, except in cases where international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member provide otherwise.

4. The Minister of Health shall prescribe the form, procedures, and authority to issue documents in the dossiers specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article to be issued by medical examination and treatment facilities, and prescribe alternative documents in cases of force majeure due to natural disasters, catastrophes, and epidemics.

Thus, the application for sickness benefits according to the provisions of the Social Insurance Law 2024 is stipulated as above.