Supplement for a disabled child on a respirator


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As of April 1, 2015 a supplement is being paid to the benefit for a handicapped person using a respirator. The monthly supplement is NIS 9,813 (as of Jan 01, 2024) , and this payment replaces that of NIS 1,100 from the Ministry of Welfare until that date.​

Conditions of receiving the supplement

Those satisfying the following two conditions are eligible for the supplement:

  1. Those entitled to a disabled child allowance at a rate of 100%.
  2. Those answering to the description of a handicapped person using a respirator: A person needing to use a respirator continuously all day and all night to replace the natural action of breathing, where cessation of the respirator's action would cause the person's breathing to stop, thereby immediately and certainly endangering him/her.

By "respirator" is meant a machine which permanently replaces a person's breathing, and not an oxygen generator nor a device to help autonomous breathing.

To receive the supplement

Eligibility for the supplement will be examined on receipt of the claim for the benefit, and there is no need to submit a special request for the supplement.

For purposes of designating a child as a handicapped person using a respirator, the benefit claim or request for re-assessment must be accompanied by authorisation of the attending doctor (or family doctor), which specifies: diagnosis, indication for respirator, description of type of machine and date that permanent use of respirator began.

The parent of a child who already uses a respirator, who considers that the child might be eligible for the supplement but does not receive it, should apply in writing to the NII enclosing the appropriate doctor's authorisation.

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