Care allowance
Care allowance is paid by the Health Insurance Fund.
A certificate for care leave can be issued by a doctor to a person insured through their employer. The doctor decides whether or not to issue a certificate for care leave based on the state of health of the person under care.
Care allowance is paid by the Health Insurance Fund from day 1:
- for up to 14 consecutive days for nursing a child under 12 years of age or a disabled person under 19 years of age;
- for up to 60 consecutive days for nursing a child under 12 years of age, if the reason for the illness is a malignant tumour and the treatment of the child commences in a hospital;
- for up to seven consecutive days for nursing a sick family member at home;
- when caring for a child under 3 years of age or a disabled child under 16 years of age, if the person caring for the child is themselves ill or receiving obstetrical care. In these cases, care allowance is paid for up to 10 consecutive days.
The doctor can also issue a certificate for care leave for a longer period, but the period for which care allowance is paid is limited.
A sick child, a disabled child, or a family member may be cared for by more than one person in succession. In this case, the doctor will issue them all with separate certificates for care leave. This does not extend the aforementioned period of payment of the care allowance.
As a rule, the Health Insurance Fund pays out the benefit within a few working days of receiving the information from the employer. The procedure takes longer if, for example, an enforcement agent has issued a legal instrument of seizure, the employer is late with the insurance details, etc.
When calculating the benefit for incapacity for work, the social tax paid on doctoral student benefits, parental benefit, and other benefits paid by the rural municipality, city, or artistic association are not taken into account.
If enforcement proceedings have been initiated against you, the Health Insurance Fund is obliged to withhold from your benefit for temporary incapacity for work the amount to be attached and to transfer the amount to the official account of the enforcement agent who sent the attachment notice.
If you feel that the attachment fails to take into account your income and dependants, please contact the enforcement agent who is conducting the enforcement procedure. The enforcement agent can modify the attachment order. The contact details of enforcement agents can be found on the website of the Estonian Chamber of Enforcement Agents and Trustees in Bankruptcy.
For information on enforcement proceedings against you, see the ‘Execution proceedings commenced against a debtor’ page of the state portal.
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Hooldushüvitist maksab Tervisekassa hoolduslehe esimesest päevast alates. Hooldushüvitist makstakse hüvitise saaja päevatulu põhjal, mis arvutatakse eelmise kalendriaasta sotsiaalmaksuga maksustatud tulu järgi. Hüvitist saab 80% päevatulust, sellest arvutatakse maha tulumaks. Tervisekassa maksab hüvitist:
a) alla 12-aastase lapse või alla 19-aastase puudega inimese põetamisel kuni 14 järjestikuse päeva eest
b) alla 12-aastase lapse põetamisel kuni 60 järjestikuse päeva eest, kui haigestumise põhjus on pahaloomuline kasvaja ja lapse ravi algab haiglas
c) alla 3-aastase lapse või alla 16-aastase puudega lapse põetamisel, kui lapse hooldaja ise on haige või talle osutatakse sünnitusabi kuni 10 järjestikuse päeva eest
Kuna eelmisel kalendriaastal puudus sotsiaalmaksuga maksustatav tulu, arvutatakse sel aastal hooldushüvitis alampalgalt.
Hoolduslehe väljastab arst tegelikule põetajale.