Bundesportal | Apply for a grant for fertility treatment

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Last update or date of publication

January 4, 2023

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If you as a couple have an unfulfilled desire to have children, you can apply for a state subsidy for the costs of fertility treatment. You must submit the application together as a couple and before the start of treatment. The subsidy is available up to a maximum of the fourth treatment attempt. Exactly which treatment cycles are subsidized can vary from state to state. You must apply for the subsidy for each treatment attempt individually. Only certain types of treatment are supported:

In vitro fertilization (IVF)
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

The necessity of the treatment must be certified by a doctor.

Joint written declaration
- The declaration is part of the application form.
- You declare that you are unintentionally childless.
- You declare that you are not permanently separated.
- You declare that treatment has not yet begun.
Identity cards and, if applicable, current registration certificates or residence permits
Treatment plan
- If you have statutory health insurance: Approved treatment plan for assisted reproduction measures in accordance with Section 27a SGB V.
- if you have private health insurance or a subsidy: treatment plan from the doctor, as well as the declaration of assumption of costs and a medical declaration on the necessity of the measure.
Cost estimate
- if not covered by statutory health insurance or medical aid
Declaration of assumption of costs
- in the case of funding by statutory or private health insurance or by aid or military welfare
Medical declaration on the necessity of the measure
- for the 4th treatment cycle
- in the case of sponsorship by private health insurance, state aid or medical aid
- for same-sex couples
- for unmarried couples
Negative certificate from the health insurance company
- if not sponsored by the health insurance company
Proof of a permanent civil partnership
- for unmarried couples
Proof of counseling on the medical, psychological and social aspects of fertility treatment

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Preconditions

Only couples are eligible. One of them must be a woman or a person who has female reproductive organs and is to carry the child to be conceived. The following couples are eligible:

Different-sex, same-sex or diverse married couples.
Same-sex civil partners living together in accordance with the Civil Partnership Act.
Different-sex, same-sex or diverse couples living in a non-marital partnership.

You must also meet the following requirements:

You live in the federal state in which you are applying for the subsidy (main residence) at the time of application and treatment.
The age of the person who is to become pregnant is between 25 and 40.
The age of the other person is between 25 and 50.
You have a medical certificate of infertility.
You meet the requirements for artificial insemination in accordance with Section 27a of the Fifth Social Code (SGB V) - where applicable.
The federal states have different regulations regarding the location where fertility treatment can take place.

Hints

The following information is available:

The measure is funded proportionately by the federal government and the respective state.
The federal government only supports heterosexual married and unmarried couples.
The regulations of the individual federal states may differ from this.
If there are not enough federal funds available, you will only receive the share of the state to which you apply for the subsidy.

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Basis for legal action

Directive of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth on the granting of subsidies for the promotion of assisted reproduction measures; Chapter 8

§ Section 27a of the Fifth Social Code (SGB V)

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Procedure

You can apply for the fertility treatment grant via the online service or in paper form.
You submit the application for a grant for fertility treatment together with the required documents (copies).
If you meet the requirements, you will receive a provisional grant notification.
Once you have received the provisional grant notification, you will have the fertility treatment carried out within six months.
After the treatment, you must apply for final approval and payment of the grant.
If you meet all the requirements, you will receive a provisional grant notification.
The reproduction facility will receive a copy of the notification.
Once you have received the provisional grant notification, you must have the fertility treatment carried out within six months.
After the treatment, you must submit the application for final approval and payment of the grant.

Deadlines

The grant must be applied for before the start of treatment. The treatment may only be carried out after receipt of the provisional grant notification.