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4. National Health Insurance Subsidies for Children 2. Establishing a multidisciplinary communication
and Youth from middle-low-income Families: The platform: The Executive Yuan and the MOHW have
children and youth under 18 years old from middle- established task forces composed of representatives
low-income families were subsidized for national from government agencies, NGOs, experts, scholars,
healthcare insurance. As of the end of 2022 there and representatives of children and youth. They
were 94,510 person-times benefiting from the regularly convene meetings to corporate the opinions
subsidies totaling more than NTD 739,100,000. of practitioners and the voices of children and youth.
5. Medical Subsidies for Children under 3 Years These efforts aim to promote the implementation of
Old: Part of the clinic (emergency) charges and the CRC, policies related to the welfare of children
hospitalization expense were automatically reduced and youth, and safety.
for national health insured children under 3 years old 3. Safeguard the rights and interests of children
during their doctoral visits. As of the end of 2022, of undocumented migrant workers in Taiwan:
the subsidies were offered to 8,111,551 person- Supervise local governments to protect the right
times and exempted their parents from the burden of children of undocumented migrant workers with
of more than NTD 1,582,680,000 in payments. special needs to education, adoption and medical

6. Medical Subsidies for Disadvantaged Children care. There were a total of 508 cases in 2022 with
and Youth: In order to provide children from 389 closed. 119 are continuing to be followed up.
disadvantaged families with suitable health care, 4. Promoted children and youth's human rights and
payment assistance was offered for NHI arrears; improved their development and social participation
intervention, training, and evaluation fees for children (1) The SFAA provided subsidies to local governments
with developmental delays; nursing fees during and NGOs for conducting programs and activities
hospital stays; and copayments. As of the end related to CRC education, training, advocacy,
of 2022, there were 9,570 recipients of subsidies and awareness-raising. In 2022, a total of 67,754
totaling more than NTD 150,420,000. individuals benefited from these initiatives.
Section 2 Protecting the Interests and Additionally, the administration has nurtured
412 child and youth representatives across
Rights
various counties and cities, as well as elected 62
1. According to the Implementation Act of the central child and youth representatives. These
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), efforts aim to promote the active participation of
MOHW put forward the second CRC national report children and youth in meetings related to children
on November 19, 2021. The second review meeting and youth welfare and rights conducted by the
was completed in November 2022. local government, MOHW, and the Executive

● Photograph of the closing meeting of the 1st Central Children and Youth Delegation, held on November 4, 2022.

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