Shenzhen second child subsidy policy

Shenzhen's second-child subsidy policy is as follows:

1. Maternity allowance, maternity allowance refers to the maternity allowance for living expenses given to working women during the period when they are away from work due to maternity, as stipulated by national laws and regulations.

2. Maternity Medical Expenses, all kinds of medical expenses incurred in the process of giving birth, including prenatal expenses, labor and delivery surgery expenses, postnatal expenses and so on. By the Municipal Bureau of Labor and Social Security with the hospital fixed settlement (more than 10,000 yuan above the part of the approved number of settlement). For medical expenses for deliveries in other places, those below the fixed standard are reimbursed according to the actual amount. If it is higher than the fixed standard, it will be reimbursed according to the fixed standard.

3. The one-time childbirth nutritional subsidy is paid in accordance with the average monthly salary of municipal employees in the previous year x 25% for normal births and miscarriages of more than seven months. Difficult births and multiple births will be paid according to the average monthly salary of municipal employees in the previous year x 50%

4. The one-time subsidy will be increased by 300 yuan per person if the delivery takes place in a first- or second-tier hospital.

Canceling the administrative approval of sterilization

In order to further facilitate the implementation of vasectomy, the draft amendment deletes the provisions of Article 22, "Couples who have been sterilized and are in compliance with the laws and regulations on reproduction, after going through the procedures of approval for reproduction, may perform vasectomy. "The provisions of Article 2 of the Law of the People's Republic of China, which stipulates that all people who have been sterilized may go to a medical institution on their own to undergo vasectomy, regardless of whether or not they meet the conditions for reproduction, will be able to undergo vasectomy.

According to the newly submitted draft amendment, in order to enhance the level of care for newly-born babies and further encourage the general public to actively implement the basic state policy of family planning, the incentive leave for giving birth to a child in compliance with laws and regulations will be extended from thirty to eighty days, taking into account the actual situation of the province and with reference to the provisions of other provinces.

This means that if the draft amendment is voted on and passed, maternity leave for workers in Guangdong province will be extended from a minimum of 128 days to a minimum of 178 days.

Legal basis:

The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 53 Employees shall take part in maternity insurance, and the employer shall pay maternity insurance premiums in accordance with the state regulations, and the employee shall not pay maternity insurance premiums.

Article 54 Where an employer has paid maternity insurance premiums, its employees shall be entitled to maternity insurance benefits; the employee's unemployed spouse shall be entitled to maternity medical expenses in accordance with state regulations. The necessary funds shall be paid from the Maternity Insurance Fund. Maternity insurance benefits include maternity medical expenses and maternity allowances.