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(a)
Foreigners legally resident who have regular ongoing employment or selfemployment or are registered in the employment lists;
(b)
Foreigners legally resident or who have requested the renewal of the residence
permit, for subordinate work, for self-employment, for family reasons, for political asylum,
for asylum request, for awaiting adoption, for custody, for acquisition of citizenship.
46.
Healthcare is also extended to legally resident dependent family members.
47.
Moreover, DPCM (Decree of President Council of Ministers), dated January 12,
2017, establishes that foreigner minors are provided with the same treatment as Italian
minors.
48.
According to 1998 Italian Immigration Act Article 35, foreigners legally residing,
who are not comprised in the above mentioned categories, are required to insure themselves
against the risk of illness, accident and maternity. This insurance can be realized by signing
a special policy with an Italian or foreign insurance institution, valid in the national territory,
or through voluntary registration with the National Health-Care Service by means of an
annual contribution – the latter is also valid for dependent family members.
49.
Furthermore it should be stressed that by law foreign nationals present on the national
territory, who do not comply with the rules concerning entry and stay, are always provided
with urgent or in any case essential outpatient and hospital care in public and accredited
institutions, even if in need of continuous care, due to illness and accident. Also preventive
medicine programs are extended to guarantee individual and collective health-care. In
particular, Italian State guarantees:
(a)
The social protection of pregnancy and maternity, with equal treatment with
Italian citizens;
(b)
The protection of the child's health-care in accordance with UN Convention on
the rights of the child;
(c)
Vaccinations in accordance with the regulations and within the framework of
collective prevention campaigns authorized by the regions;
(d)
Interventions of international prophylaxis;
(e)
Prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases.
The above services shall be provided free of charge to the applicants if they do not have
sufficient financial resources.
Institutional framework
50.
Following Constitutional Law dated 18 October 2001 (which reformed Title V of the
Constitution), Regions are responsible for the organization and administration of health-care
within their respective territories. This constitutional reform has made the work of the
Regions much more complex also regarding healthcare of migrant population. It is no longer
simply a matter of implementing state health-care policies because Regions are now
responsible for establishing priorities, developing strategies, formulating policies, and
designing operational tools for the implementation and monitoring of these policies.
Article 68
51.
Regarding their status, migrants, who are legally resident in Italy, are registered in
National Health-Care Service. Consequently, treatment, rights and duties are provided in
condition of full equality with Italian citizens in every region.
52.
Migrants illegally present in the national territory have access to healthcare for urgent
care or in any case essential outpatient and hospital care in public and accredited institutions,
even if in need of continuous care, due to illness and accident, through the so-called STP
(Temporarily Present Foreigner) code.
53.
The STP code is issued by the local health-care authorities at the time of the requesting
treatment or at the request of the party concerned.
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