Reimbursement when Pensioners take treatment immediately after Retirement before getting CGHS Cards
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has now decided to clarify the matter as follows :-
(I)
The treatment taken and expenditure Incurred thereon within the grace
period of three months from the date of retirement will be allowed and
expenditure reimbursable
subject
to the condition that the beneficiary has either obtained or applied
for CGHS pensioner card with all documents and requisite CGHS
subscription within one month of expiry of the grace period of three
months.
(ii)
It is further clarified that the expenditure on treatment taken after
the grace period of three months from date of retirement will not be
reimbursable unless the beneficiary has obtained a valid CGHS card or
has applied for CGHS pensioner card with all documents and requisite
CGHS subscription prior to taking such treatment.