The government decided at the cabinet meeting on the 7th to revise the related laws in order to integrate the My Number card and health insurance card and expand the scope of use of the My Number.
In the revised bill approved by the Cabinet, the health insurance card will be abolished and integrated with the My Number Card.
On the other hand, we will provide a "certificate of eligibility" so that people who have lost their cards can receive medical treatment covered by insurance, and we will establish a transitional measure that will be valid for up to one year after the current health insurance card is abolished.
The government is aiming for unification from autumn next year.
For infants under the age of 1, the policy is to issue a card without a face photo, valid until the child's fifth birthday.
In addition, regarding the "public money receipt account" that is used when receiving benefits from the government and is linked to my number, it is planned to establish a mechanism to register the account of the financial institution to which the public pension is transferred. , When notifying the residents, if the person himself/herself does not indicate that he or she does not agree, it will be registered in the public money receipt account.
In addition, the scope of use of My Number, which is limited to the three fields of social security, tax, and disaster countermeasures, has been expanded to include national qualification procedures and registrations related to automobiles, making it possible to omit the acquisition of documents. increase.
On top of that, in these fields, it will be possible to use My Number without amending the law if it is "work equivalent to the work already stipulated by law."
Since it will be possible to expand the use of My Number without going through parliamentary deliberations, it is likely that discussions will be held in the parliament.
The government plans to pass the relevant revisions during the current ordinary session of the Diet.