Carer’s allowance

The Health Insurance Fund pays allowance for:

a) nursing a child under 12 years of age or a disabled person under 19 years of age (the start date of the certificate for care leave was before 15 May 2024) – for up to 14 consecutive days. Based on certificates for care leave, the start date of which was on or after 15 May 2024, we will pay allowance for up to 60 consecutive days.

b) nursing a child under 3 years of age or a disabled child under 16 years of age if the caregiver of the child is sick or is receiving maternity care – for up to 10 consecutive days.

The Health Insurance Fund pays the carer’s allowance from the first day of the certificate for care leave. The allowance is paid based on the daily income of the beneficiary, which is calculated based on the income subject to social tax for the previous calendar year. The allowance is paid at 80% of daily income, with income tax deducted from it.
 

If the start date of the certificate for care leave was before 1 July 2024, the Health Insurance Fund will calculate the carer’s allowance based on the minimum wage, because the parent did not have any income subject to social tax in the previous calendar year.

If the start date of the certificate for care leave was on or after 1 July 2024, the Health Insurance Fund will calculate the carer’s allowance based on either the daily rate of the allowance calculated based on the person’s income subject to social tax for the previous calendar year or the daily rate of the shared parental benefit. Allowance is paid based on the rate that is more favourable for the parent.

The certificate is issued to the parent actually nursing the child.