If you remove a family member as a dependent

Removing a family member from your list of dependents

Promptly submit the Notification of Health Insurance Dependent (Change) and the dependent’s health insurance card to the HR Service Center(in the Osaka office) when a family member is no longer eligible to be dependent due to income exceeding the standard amount or for other reasons.
If the dependent will begin receiving unemployment benefits, also submit copies of all pages of the certificate of eligibility for employment insurance benefits. You may be asked to submit other documents to confirm the date on which the family member was no longer a dependent.

Date of removal of a dependent

The date of removal of a dependent will be the date the reasons for removal arose, as reported on the Notification of Health Insurance Dependent (Change).
However, in cases of death, the date of removal will be the date after the date of death. In cases of a dependent beginning work and who will be issued a new health insurance card, the date of removal will be the date on which he or she obtained eligibility for his or her new health insurance.

Warning about late procedures

If you fail to promptly take the necessary steps when a family member is no longer eligible to be a dependent, his or her eligibility will be cancelled retroactively, and you will be required to repay the entire amount of medical care costs and other benefits paid during the period he or she was no longer eligible.

** Health insurance and National Pension notifications for a spouse

Certification of a spouse as a health insurance dependent depends on the time for which he or she is/was a Category 3 Insured Person under the National Pension System. Be sure to complete the necessary procedures with the to reflect all facts of the circumstance, no matter how brief the spouse’s period of employment is. Failure to do so will result in a blank period in your spouse’s pension record and create the obligation for complex procedures later. Complete the procedures required to remove your spouse from your list of dependents promptly when he or she begins to work.
<Where to submit documents>
Documents related to health insurance support, documents concerning the third insured person of the national pension, please submit to HR Service Center(in the Osaka office)