Shanghai Municipal Urban Employees' Basic Medical Insurance Measures
(Issued by Shanghai Municipal People's Government Decree No. 92 on October 20, 2000)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 (Purpose and Basis)
In order to safeguard the basic medical needs of employees, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the Shanghai Municipal Plan of Implementing the "State Council's Decision on the Establishment of the Basic Medical Insurance System for Urban Workers". The implementation program of Shanghai Municipality to implement the "Decision of the State Council on the Establishment of a Basic Medical Insurance System for Urban and Rural Workers", the present measures are formulated.
Article 2 (Scope of Application)
These Measures shall apply to the basic medical insurance and related management activities of urban enterprises, institutions, public organizations, social groups and private non-enterprise units (hereinafter collectively referred to as the employing units) and their employees within the scope of the city.
The employees referred to in these measures include active employees, retirees and other insured persons.
Article 3 (Administration)
Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Medical Insurance (hereinafter referred to as the Municipal Bureau of Medical Insurance) is the administrative authority of the basic medical insurance in the city, and is responsible for the unified administration of the basic medical insurance in the city. Each district or county medical insurance office (hereinafter referred to as district or county medical insurance office) is responsible for the administration of basic medical insurance within its jurisdiction.
Municipal health, labor security, finance, audit, drug supervision, civil affairs and other departments, in accordance with their respective responsibilities, to do a good job in the management of basic medical insurance.
The city's social insurance agency is responsible for the collection of medical insurance premiums.
The Shanghai Municipal Medical Insurance Affairs Management Center (hereinafter referred to as the Municipal Medical Insurance Center) is the medical insurance agency of the city, and is responsible for the settlement of medical expenses, the allocation of funds, as well as the management of the basic medical insurance individual account (hereinafter referred to as the individual medical account).
Chapter 2: Registration and Payment of Contributions
Article 4: Registration Procedures
Employers shall register for basic medical insurance with the designated social insurance agency in accordance with the regulations of the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau; newly established employers shall register for basic medical insurance within 30 days of the date of establishment.
If an employer is terminated by law or if there is a change in the basic medical insurance registration, the employer shall, within 30 days from the date of occurrence of the relevant circumstances, apply to the original registration organization for cancellation or change of registration procedures.
The social insurance agency shall, in handling the formalities stipulated in the first two paragraphs of this Article, conduct an audit according to the requirements of the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau and promptly inform the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau of the registration, change of registration or cancellation of registration of the employer in accordance with the regulations.
Article 5 (Calculation of Employee Contribution Base and Contribution Ratio)
The contribution base of an active employee shall be his/her average monthly salary for the previous year. If the average monthly salary of the employee in the previous year exceeds 300% of the average monthly salary of the working employees in the city in the previous year, the exceeding portion shall not be included in the contribution base; if it is lower than 60% of the average monthly salary of the working employees in the city in the previous year, 60% of the average monthly salary of the working employees in the city in the previous year shall be taken as the contribution base.
Individual employees shall pay the basic medical insurance premiums at the rate of 2% of the contribution base. Individual retirees do not pay basic medical insurance premiums.
Article 6 (Calculation of the contribution base of the employer and the proportion of contribution)
The contribution base of the employer shall be the sum of the contribution base of the employees of the employer.
The employer shall pay basic medical insurance premiums at the rate of 10% of its contribution base and local additional medical insurance premiums at the rate of 2% of its contribution base.
Article 7 (Channels for Expenditures on Medical Insurance Premiums)
Medical insurance premiums paid by employers shall be expended in accordance with the channels stipulated by the financial departments.
Article 8 (Management of Collection)
The calculation of the amount of contributions to be paid by employers and employees, the procedures for payment, and the handling of disputes over the collection of contributions shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions on the management of the collection of social insurance premiums.
Chapter III: Individual Medical Accounts, Coordinated Fund and Supplementary Funds
Article 9: Basic Medical Insurance Fund
The basic medical insurance fund consists of a coordinated fund and individual medical accounts.
The basic medical insurance premiums paid by the employer, except for those credited to the individual medical account in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 (2) and (3) of these Measures, shall be included in the centralized fund.
Article 10 (Establishment of Individual Medical Accounts)
The Municipal Medical Insurance Center shall establish individual medical accounts for the employees after the employers have gone through the procedures of registering for the basic medical insurance and paid the medical insurance premiums according to the regulations.
Article 11 (Crediting of Funds in Individual Medical Accounts)
The basic medical insurance premiums paid by an active employee shall be credited to his/her individual medical account.
The basic medical insurance premiums paid by the employer shall be credited to the individual medical account of the working employee according to the following ratios:
(1) 0.5% of the average annual salary of the city employees of the previous year for those below the age of 34;
(2) 1% of the average annual salary of the city employees of the previous year for those between the age of 35 and 44;
(3) 1% of the average annual salary of the city employees of the previous year for those aged 45 to retirement, 1.5% of the average annual salary of the city employees in the previous year.
The basic medical insurance premiums paid by the employer shall be credited to the retiree's individual medical account in accordance with the following ratios:
(a) 4% of the average annual salary of the municipal employees of the previous year for those who are retired up to 74 years of age;
(b) 4.5% of the average annual salary of the municipal employees of the previous year for those who are 75 years of age or older.
Article 12 (Cessation of Crediting of Funds for Individual Medical Accounts)
If an employee should pay but has not paid the basic medical insurance premiums or has interrupted the enjoyment of the basic pension insurance benefits, the funds shall cease to be credited in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 2 or Paragraph 3 of Article 11 of these Measures.
Article 13 (Use of Individual Medical Account Funds and Accrual of Interest)
Individual medical account funds are owned by the individual, and may be carried forward for use across years and inherited in accordance with the law.
Individual medical account funds are divided into funds credited in the current year and funds remaining from previous years.
The funds in the individual medical account at the end of the year shall be credited with interest in accordance with the relevant regulations, and shall be credited to the individual medical account.
Article 14 (Enquiry on Funds in Individual Medical Accounts)
Employees may enquire about the funds credited to and expended from their individual medical accounts, and the Municipal Bureau of Medical Insurance, district and county medical insurance offices and the Municipal Medical Insurance Centers shall facilitate such inquiries.
Article 15 (Additional Fund)
All local additional medical insurance premiums paid by employers shall be included in the local additional medical insurance fund (hereinafter referred to as the additional fund).
Chapter IV: Employees' Access to Medical Care and Provision of Medical Services
Article 16 (Definition of Designated Medical Institutions and Designated Retail Pharmacies)
Designated medical institutions as referred to in these Measures refer to the medical institutions that have been approved by the health administrative department to obtain a license to practice medicine, and have been examined by the Municipal Bureau of Medical Insurance and granted permission to establish a settlement relationship for basic medical insurance.
The designated retail pharmacy referred to in these measures refers to the drug retail enterprises which have been approved by the drug supervision and management department to obtain the business qualification and are allowed to establish the settlement relationship with the basic medical insurance after the audit by the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau.
Article 17 (Service Requirements of Designated Medical Institutions and Designated Retail Pharmacies)
Designated medical institutions and designated retail pharmacies shall provide services to employees and apply for settlement of medical expenses based on the diagnostic and treatment items, medical service facilities, and the scope of medicines as well as the payment standards of the basic medical insurance.
Article 18 (Diagnostic and therapeutic items, medical service facilities, scope of medication and payment standards)
The regulations on diagnostic and therapeutic items, medical service facilities, scope of medication and payment standards of the city's basic medical insurance shall be formulated by the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau in conjunction with the relevant departments in accordance with the national regulations.
Article 19 (Employee's Medical Treatment and Dispensing)
Employees may seek medical treatment at designated medical institutions within the city.
Employees may dispense medicines at designated medical institutions or at designated retail pharmacies in accordance with the regulations.
If the employee's place of employment or residence is in a foreign province or city, and if he or she has an emergency in a foreign province or city, he or she may go to the local medical institution for medical treatment.
Article 20 (Medical Insurance Vouchers)
When an employee seeks medical treatment at a designated medical institution or dispenses medicines at a designated retail pharmacy in the city, he/she shall present his/her medical insurance voucher.
The designated medical institutions or designated retail pharmacies shall verify the medical insurance vouchers of the employees.
No individual may fraudulently use, forge, alter or lend a medical insurance voucher.
Chapter V. Payment of Medical Expenses
Article 21 (Conditions for Employees' Enjoyment of Basic Medical Insurance Benefits)
If an employer and its employees pay medical insurance premiums in accordance with the regulations, the employees shall be entitled to the basic medical insurance benefits; if they fail to pay the premiums, the employees shall not be entitled to the basic medical insurance benefits.
If an employer applies for a deferral of payment of medical insurance premiums in accordance with the relevant regulations, the employee shall not cease to enjoy basic medical insurance benefits during the approved deferral period.
The employers and their employees who should have paid the medical insurance premiums but have not done so can continue to enjoy the basic medical insurance benefits after paying the full amount of medical insurance premiums.
If an employer and its employees have paid medical insurance premiums for more than 15 years (including the deemed contribution period), the employees can enjoy the basic medical insurance benefits after retirement. The calculation of the deemed contribution period shall be separately stipulated by the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau.
Retirees who have enjoyed basic medical insurance benefits in accordance with the relevant regulations before the implementation of these measures shall not be subject to the provisions of this article.
Article 22 (Outpatient Emergency Medical Expenses of Active Employees)
Except for the expenses stipulated in Articles 24 and 25 of these Measures, expenses incurred by active employees for outpatient emergency medical treatment or dispensing of medicines at designated retail pharmacies shall be paid by the funds in their individual medical accounts. The insufficient part shall be paid in accordance with the following provisions (excluding the expenses incurred for dispensing medicines at designated retail pharmacies):
(1) For those who were born before December 31, 1955, and joined the workforce before December 31, 2000, the individual shall pay 10% of the average annual salary of the employees of the city in the previous year, and 70% of the medical expenses exceeding that shall be paid by the additional fund, with the rest to be borne by the active employees. The remaining portion is the responsibility of the active employee.
(2) For those who were born between January 1, 1956 and December 31, 1965 and joined the workforce before December 31, 2000, the individual shall pay 10% of the average annual salary of the municipal employees in the previous year, with 60% of the medical expenses exceeding that amount to be paid by the supplementary fund, and the rest to be borne by the active employees.
(3) For those who were born after January 1, 1966 and joined the workforce before December 31, 2000, the individual shall pay 10% of the average annual salary of the municipal employees in the previous year, and the additional fund shall pay 50% of the medical expenses in excess of that amount, with the remaining portion to be borne by the active employees.
(4) For those who newly joined the workforce after January 1, 2001, the working employees shall be responsible for the rest of the medical expenses.
Article 23 (Outpatient Emergency Medical Expenses of Retirees)
Except for the expenses stipulated in Articles 24 and 26 of these Measures, expenses incurred by retirees for outpatient emergency medical treatment or dispensing of medicines at designated retail pharmacies shall be paid by the funds in their individual medical accounts. The shortfall shall be paid in accordance with the following provisions (excluding the expenses incurred for dispensing medicines at designated retail pharmacies):
(1) For those who have gone through the retirement procedures before December 31, 2000, the individual shall first pay 2% of the annual average salary of the employees of the city in the previous year, and for those who have outpatient emergencies at the first-level medical institutions, the excess part of the medical expenses shall be paid by the additional fund 90%; for those who have outpatient emergencies at the second-level medical institutions, the excess part of the medical expenses shall be paid by the additional fund 90%. In case of outpatient emergency at a level 1 medical institution, 90% of the exceeding medical expenses will be paid by the supplementary fund; in case of outpatient emergency at a level 2 medical institution, 85% of the exceeding medical expenses will be paid by the supplementary fund; in case of outpatient emergency at a level 3 medical institution, 80% of the exceeding medical expenses will be paid by the supplementary fund; and the rest of the expenses will be borne by the retired person.
(2) For those who were born before December 31, 1955, joined the workforce before December 31, 2000, and went through the retirement procedures after January 1, 2001, the individual shall first pay 5% of the average annual salary of the employees of the city in the previous year, and for outpatient emergencies in first-class medical institutions, 85% of the exceeding portion of the medical expenses shall be paid by the additional fund; for outpatient emergencies in second-class medical institutions, 85% of the exceeding portion of the medical expenses shall be paid by the additional fund; and the remaining portion shall be borne by the retirees themselves. For outpatient emergency treatment at a level 1 medical institution, 85% of the exceeding part of the medical expenses shall be paid by the supplementary fund; for outpatient emergency treatment at a level 2 medical institution, 80% of the exceeding part of the medical expenses shall be paid by the supplementary fund; the rest shall be borne by the retiree.
(3) For those who were born between January 1, 1956 and December 31, 1965, joined the workforce before December 31, 2000, and went through the retirement procedures after January 1, 2001, the individual shall first pay 5% of the average annual salary of the workers in the city in the previous year, and in case of outpatient emergency treatment in a first-level medical institution, the excess part of the medical expenses shall be paid by the additional fund at 70%; in case of outpatient emergency treatment in a second-level medical institution, the excess part shall be paid by the additional fund at 80%; in case of In the case of outpatient emergency treatment at a level II medical institution, 65% of the exceeding portion of the medical expenses will be paid by the additional fund; in the case of outpatient emergency treatment at a level III medical institution, 60% of the exceeding portion of the medical expenses will be paid by the additional fund; and the rest will be borne by the retired person himself/herself.
(4) For those who were born after January 1, 1966, joined the workforce before December 31, 2000, and went through the retirement procedures after January 1, 2001, the individual shall first pay 5% of the average annual salary of the employees of the city in the previous year; for outpatient emergency treatment at a first-class medical institution, the exceeding portion of medical expenses shall be paid by the additional fund 55%; for outpatient emergency treatment at a second-class medical institution, the 50% of the exceeding part of the medical expenses will be paid by the Additional Fund; for outpatient emergency treatment at a Level III medical institution, 45% of the exceeding part of the medical expenses will be paid by the Additional Fund; and the rest will be borne by the retired person himself/herself.
(e) For those who joined the workforce after January 1, 2001 and went through the retirement procedures afterwards, the individual shall first pay 10% of the average annual salary of the employees in the city in the previous year, and for the outpatient and emergency treatment in a first-class medical institution, 55% of the exceeding portion of the medical expenses shall be paid by the Additional Fund; for the outpatient and emergency treatment in a second-class medical institution, 50% of the exceeding portion of the medical expenses shall be paid by the Additional Fund; and for the outpatient and emergency treatment in a third-class medical institution, the remaining portion shall be paid by the retiree himself/herself. In the case of outpatient emergency treatment at a secondary medical institution, the additional fund pays 45% of the exceeding part of the medical expenses; the rest is the responsibility of the retiree.
Article 24 (Outpatient Major Diseases and Family Hospital Bed Medical Expenses)
Medical expenses incurred by employees for outpatient dialysis for severe uremia, chemotherapy and radiation therapy for malignant tumors (hereinafter collectively referred to as outpatient major disease medical treatment) shall be paid by the Coordinated Fund at a rate of 85% for active employees, and 92% for retired employees. The remaining portion shall be paid from the balance of funds in their individual medical accounts over the years, with any shortfall being the responsibility of the employee.
Medical expenses incurred by employees on family hospital beds are paid 80% of the total by the Coordinated Fund, and the rest is paid from the balance of the individual medical account over the years, with the employee being responsible for any shortfall.
Article 25 (Hospitalization and Emergency Observation Room Medical Expenses of Active Employees)
The medical expenses incurred by active employees who are hospitalized in a hospital or in an emergency observation room for observation and which are paid by the Coordinated Fund shall be subject to a minimum payment standard. The starting standard is 10% of the average annual salary of employees in the city in the previous year.
The part of the medical expenses incurred by an active employee for hospitalization or stay in the emergency observation room for observation within one year, which exceeds the starting standard, shall be paid by the integrated fund at a rate of 85%.
Medical expenses incurred by an active employee that are below the threshold and the remaining portion of the medical expenses after they have been paid by the integrated fund shall be paid from the balance of the individual medical account over the years, and the active employee shall be responsible for any shortfall.
Article 26 (Hospitalization and Emergency Observation Room Medical Expenses of Retirees)
Medical expenses incurred by retirees who are hospitalized in the hospital or kept in the emergency observation room for observation and paid by the integrated fund shall be subject to a starting standard. For those who joined before December 31, 2000 and retired after January 1, 2001, the starting standard is 8% of the average annual salary of the city employees in the previous year; for those who joined after January 1, 2001 and retired later, the starting standard is 10% of the average salary of the city employees in the previous year.
The part of the medical expenses incurred by a retiree for hospitalization or stay in the emergency observation room for observation within one year, which cumulatively exceeds the starting standard, shall be paid 92% by the integrated fund.
Medical expenses incurred by a retiree that are below the threshold and the remainder of the medical expenses after they have been paid by the integrated fund shall be paid from the balance of the individual medical account over the years, with any shortfall being borne by the retiree himself/herself.
Article 27 (Maximum Payment Limit and Above Expenses of the Coordinated Fund)
The maximum payment limit of the Coordinated Fund shall be four times the average annual salary of the employees of the city in the previous year. Medical expenses above the starting payment standard incurred by an employee for hospitalization or hospitalization for observation in an emergency observation room within one year, as well as medical expenses for outpatient major diseases or family hospital beds below the maximum payment limit, shall be paid by the co-ordinated fund in accordance with the payment ratios stipulated in Articles 24, 25, and 26 of these Measures.
Medical expenses above the maximum payment limit of the coordinated fund shall be paid 80% by the additional fund, and the rest shall be borne by the employee.
Article 28 (Payment of Medical Expenses for Some Special Diseases)
Medical expenses incurred by employees for outpatient emergencies in accordance with the provisions of the basic medical insurance and for hospitalization and inpatient observation in the Emergency Observation Room, incurred as a result of Class A infectious diseases, family planning surgeries, and their after-effects, shall be paid in full by the integrated fund.
If the medical expenses incurred by an employee due to work-related injury or occupational disease for hospitalization or hospitalization in the emergency observation room exceed the starting standard of the coordinated fund, the coordinated fund shall pay 50% of the excess, and the remaining portion, as well as the relevant outpatient and emergency medical expenses, shall be borne by the employing unit in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State and the City.
Article 29 (Circumstances of Non-Payment)
In any of the following circumstances, the integrated fund, the supplementary fund and the individual medical account funds shall not be paid:
(1) Medical expenses incurred by an employee when consulting or dispensing at a non-designated medical institution or dispensing at a non-designated retail drugstore;
(2) Medical expenses incurred by an employee when consulting or dispensing that do not conform to the basic medical insurance diagnosis and treatment items, or the dispensing of medicine; or (b) Medical expenses incurred by the employee during medical treatment or dispensing that are not in line with the diagnostic and treatment items, medical service facilities, scope of medication and payment standards of the basic medical insurance;
(c) Medical expenses incurred by the employee as a result of suicide, self-inflicted injuries, brawls, drug addiction, medical malpractice or traffic accidents;
(d) Other cases as stipulated by the State and the City.
Chapter VI Settlement of Medical Expenses
Article 30 (Recording of Medical Expenses and Account Deduction)
Medical expenses incurred by an employee in the course of seeking medical treatment or dispensing medicines in conformity with the provisions of the basic medical insurance shall be handled in accordance with the following provisions on the basis of the employee's medical insurance vouchers:
(1) If they are to be paid out of a coordinated fund or an additional fund, the designated medical institution shall
(ii) If the expenses are paid out of the individual medical account, the designated medical institution or the designated retail pharmacy shall deduct them from the employee's individual medical account, and if the funds in the individual medical account are insufficient to pay for the expenses, they shall collect them from the employee.
Specified medical institutions and designated retail pharmacies shall charge the employees for medical expenses incurred by the employees for medical treatment or dispensing of medicines that do not comply with the provisions of the basic medical insurance.
Article 31 (Declaration and Settlement of Medical Expenses)
Specified medical institutions and designated retail pharmacies shall settle the medical expenses deducted from the employees' individual medical accounts with the designated district or county medical insurance offices every month.
Specified medical institutions settle monthly with the designated district or county medical insurance office for the recorded medical expenses paid by the integrated fund and the additional fund.
Employees shall settle with the designated district or county medical insurance office with their medical insurance vouchers for the medical expenses incurred in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 of Article 19 of these Measures, which can be paid by the integrated fund, the supplementary fund or the individual medical account.
Article 32 (Approval and Disbursement of Medical Expenses)
District and county medical insurance offices shall conduct preliminary examination of the medical expenses applied for settlement within 10 working days from the date of receipt of the application for settlement, and submit the preliminary examination opinions to the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau.
The Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau shall, within 10 working days from the date of receipt of the preliminary examination opinion from the district or county medical insurance office, make a decision on the examination and approval of payment, suspension of payment or non-payment. The Municipal Health Insurance Bureau shall, after making a decision to suspend payment, make a decision on granting or not granting payment within 90 days and inform the relevant units.
Medical expenses approved by the Municipal Health Insurance Bureau shall be disbursed by the Municipal Health Insurance Center from the expenditure account of the Health Insurance Fund within seven working days from the date of approval; medical expenses approved by the Municipal Health Insurance Bureau as non-payable shall be borne by the designated medical institutions, designated retail pharmacies or the employees themselves.
Article 33 (Settlement Methods of Medical Expenses)
The Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau may settle the medical expenses with the designated medical institutions by means of total prepayment settlement, service item settlement and service unit settlement.
Article 34 (Prohibited Behaviors in the Settlement of Application Fees)
Designated medical institutions, designated retail pharmacies or individuals shall not settle medical fees by improper means such as falsifying or altering accounts, information, outpatient emergency prescriptions and medical fee documents.
Article 35 (Supervision and Inspection)
The Municipal Health Insurance Bureau and the district and county health insurance offices shall supervise and inspect the settlement of medical expenses by designated medical institutions and designated retail pharmacies, and the inspected units shall truthfully provide records, prescriptions, medical history and other information related to the settlement.
Chapter VII Legal Liability
Article 36 (Legal Liability for Illegal Acts of Pointed Medical Institutions and Pointed Retail Pharmacies)
If a Pointed Medical Institution or Pointed Retail Pharmacy violates the provisions of Article 17, Article 30 or Article 34 of these Measures, the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau shall order it to make corrections within a certain period of time, recover the relevant medical expenses already paid, and may impose a warning, A fine of not less than 3,000 yuan and not more than 30,000 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, the basic medical insurance settlement relationship may be suspended.
Article 37 (Legal Responsibility for Individual Violations)
If an individual violates the provisions of Article 20 (3) and Article 34 of these Measures, the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau shall order him/her to make corrections within a certain period of time, recover the paid medical expenses, and may impose a warning and a fine of not less than 100 yuan and not more than 1,000 yuan.
Article 38 (Legal Responsibility for Violations of Law by Health Insurance Administration)
If the staff of the health insurance administration department and the Municipal Health Insurance Center abuses their powers, practices favoritism, or neglects their duties, resulting in the loss of the health insurance fund, the Municipal Health Insurance Bureau shall recover the loss of the health insurance fund; if the loss constitutes a crime, the Municipal Health Insurance Bureau shall be held criminally liable in accordance with the law; if the loss does not constitute a crime, they shall be given an Administrative sanctions.
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
Article 39 (Management and Supervision of the Medical Insurance Fund)
The management and supervision activities of the Coordinated Fund and the Supplementary Fund shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State and the Municipal Social Insurance Fund.
The annual budgets and final accounts of the integrated fund and the additional fund shall be prepared by the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau in conjunction with the Municipal Finance Bureau in accordance with the regulations and submitted to the Municipal People's Government for approval before implementation.
Article 40 (Basic Medical Insurance for Other Persons)
The specific measures for basic medical insurance for the owners of urban and municipal individual economic organizations and their employees, and for persons engaged in freelance work in the city, are separately provided for.
Basic medical insurance for unemployed persons during the period of receiving unemployment insurance benefits shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State and the City.
Article 41 (Special Provisions for Persons Extending Their Working Life)
Persons who have reached the legal retirement age and who have extended their working life without going through retirement procedures in accordance with the State regulations shall be subject to the basic medical insurance provisions for active employees; after going through retirement procedures, they shall be subject to the basic medical insurance provisions for retired persons of the same age group.
Article 42 (Transitional Period for Socialized Management)
The period of one year from the date of implementation of these Measures shall be a transitional period for the implementation of the socialized management of basic medical insurance in the city, and the specific operation methods for the transitional period shall be separately stipulated.
Article 43 (Enforcement Date)
These Measures shall come into force on December 1, 2000, and the relevant provisions previously issued by the Municipal People's Government shall not be applicable to the socialized management of basic medical insurance. If the relevant regulations previously issued by the Municipal People's Government are inconsistent with these Measures, these Measures shall prevail.