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Reproductive Health of Migrant Women in Slovenia: State of the Art
– contractors of reproductive health prevention programmes (methods
of implementation, coordination and control).
In addition, family members of migrants with permanent residence status
can be insured on the basis of Article 20 of the Health Care and Health In-
surance Act; namely, as close (spouses and children) or as extended family
members (grandchildren, brothers, sisters and other children who live with
the insured person in a common household and do not have sufficient means
of subsistence and are permanently and completely incapable of work). Also,
able to be insured under the extended family category are the father and
mother of the insured person, or a spouse or cohabiting partner who live in
the same household and are economically dependent on the insured person
and are permanently and completely incapable of work.
Migrants who are not included in the health insurance system (asylum
seekers and illegal migrants) have the right to emergency healthcare ser-
vices, which, according to the Health Care and Health Insurance Act (Article
7), encompass ‘urgent treatment of persons of unknown residence, aliens
from countries which have not concluded an international agreement, as
well as aliens and citizens of the Republic of Slovenia with permanent res-
idence abroad who are temporarily residing in Slovenia or are travelling
through the country and were unable to obtain payment for medical ser-
vices, as well as for other persons who, under the provisions of this Act, are
not included in the compulsory health insurance and are not insured with
a foreign health insurance holder.’ Situations of emergency care are defined
in more detail in Article 25 of this Act: urgent treatment comprises essential
rescusitation services, preservation of life and prevention of the deteriora-
tion of the health status of the sick or injured. The urgency of treatment
is evaluated by a personal physician or competent medical committee in
accordance with the general acts of the institution. The scope and situa-
tions of emergency medical help are also explained by the Rules on Compul-
sory Health Insurance,⁸ which, in Article 103, specify that emergency medical
help embraces rescusitation services, services necessary for maintaining life
functions, services for the prevention of sudden serious deterioration of the
ill person’s health condition, treatment of injuries and chronic illness. The
emergency healthcare services to asylum seekers are accurately defined in
Article 86 of the International Protection Act, which, among other things,
⁸ Pravila obveznega zdravstvenega zavarovanja, see http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/
pregledPredpisa?id=PRAV3562.
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– contractors of reproductive health prevention programmes (methods
of implementation, coordination and control).
In addition, family members of migrants with permanent residence status
can be insured on the basis of Article 20 of the Health Care and Health In-
surance Act; namely, as close (spouses and children) or as extended family
members (grandchildren, brothers, sisters and other children who live with
the insured person in a common household and do not have sufficient means
of subsistence and are permanently and completely incapable of work). Also,
able to be insured under the extended family category are the father and
mother of the insured person, or a spouse or cohabiting partner who live in
the same household and are economically dependent on the insured person
and are permanently and completely incapable of work.
Migrants who are not included in the health insurance system (asylum
seekers and illegal migrants) have the right to emergency healthcare ser-
vices, which, according to the Health Care and Health Insurance Act (Article
7), encompass ‘urgent treatment of persons of unknown residence, aliens
from countries which have not concluded an international agreement, as
well as aliens and citizens of the Republic of Slovenia with permanent res-
idence abroad who are temporarily residing in Slovenia or are travelling
through the country and were unable to obtain payment for medical ser-
vices, as well as for other persons who, under the provisions of this Act, are
not included in the compulsory health insurance and are not insured with
a foreign health insurance holder.’ Situations of emergency care are defined
in more detail in Article 25 of this Act: urgent treatment comprises essential
rescusitation services, preservation of life and prevention of the deteriora-
tion of the health status of the sick or injured. The urgency of treatment
is evaluated by a personal physician or competent medical committee in
accordance with the general acts of the institution. The scope and situa-
tions of emergency medical help are also explained by the Rules on Compul-
sory Health Insurance,⁸ which, in Article 103, specify that emergency medical
help embraces rescusitation services, services necessary for maintaining life
functions, services for the prevention of sudden serious deterioration of the
ill person’s health condition, treatment of injuries and chronic illness. The
emergency healthcare services to asylum seekers are accurately defined in
Article 86 of the International Protection Act, which, among other things,
⁸ Pravila obveznega zdravstvenega zavarovanja, see http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/
pregledPredpisa?id=PRAV3562.
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