Can social security cards be used in other provinces?

Social security cards can be used in other provinces.

The use of social security cards in other provinces needs to meet certain conditions. Those who are employed in other places can go through the formalities of social insurance transfer and then use it in other places. The social insurance administrative department and the health administrative department have established a settlement system for medical expenses in different places to facilitate the insured to enjoy basic medical insurance benefits.

Cross-provincial medical treatment process with social security card:

1. Go to the counter of the social security bureau service network in the insured area for medical treatment in different places;

2. Fill in the application form of medical records in different places and go through the registration formalities;

3. Go to designated medical institutions in different places for the record. After the approval of designated medical institutions, the record was successful;

4. The filing information is uploaded to the basic medical insurance settlement system for medical treatment in different places, and then you can go to see a doctor in different places through the medical insurance card.

To sum up, social security cards can be used in other provinces, but certain conditions need to be met. You can go through the social insurance transfer procedures and fill in the relevant application forms and supporting documents, and then use the social security card to settle the personal account of foreign medical insurance.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 29

The medical expenses of the insured shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund, and shall be directly settled by social insurance agencies, medical institutions and pharmaceutical business units. The administrative department of social insurance and the administrative department of health shall establish a settlement system for medical expenses in different places to facilitate the insured to enjoy the basic medical insurance benefits.