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Health assistance

Hilfen zur Gesundheit
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
Health assistance (Hilfen zur Gesundheit) includes: • preventive health assistance, • assistance in case of illness, • assistance with family planning, • assistance with pregnancy and maternity, and • assistance with sterilization. The assistance listed above is provided to the extent of the benefits of statutory health insurance (gesetzliche Krankenversicherung).

Book an appointment

Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)

Requirements

• Insufficient health insurance No statutory or adequate private health insurance is in place. • Need for assistance Raising the funds for the necessary assistance cannot reasonably be expected from income and assets.

Documents you need

• Application for Sozialhilfe (social assistance) with attachments • Proof of which Krankenkasse (statutory health insurance fund) most recently provided insurance coverage • valid personal identity documents if applicable, Meldebestätigung (registration confirmation) • proof of income • rental agreement if applicable, letter regarding change of rent (Mietänderungsschreiben) • proof of assets for example, for capital-forming insurance policies (life insurance, Bausparversicherung [building savings insurance], Riester pension contracts, Sterbeversicherung [death benefit insurance], and similar), savings accounts, land, real estate, valuables, motor vehicles • bank statements • The scope of documents required, in particular proof of income and assets, depends on the particulars of the individual case.

Forms

• Application for Sozialhilfe (social assistance) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/soziales/soz/so • Annex 1 on maintenance payments www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/soziales/soz/so • Annex 2 for foreign nationals/asylum seekers www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/soziales/soz/so • Annex 3 on real property assets www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/soziales/soz/so

Fees

none

Legal basis

• Sozialgesetzbuch Fünftes Buch (SGB V) [Social Code Book Five] www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_5/ • Sozialgesetzbuch Zwölftes Buch (SGB XII) [Social Code Book Twelve] §§ 47 ff. www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_12/BJNR302300003.html#BJNR302

Further information

• pro familia - overview of all facilities in Berlin (pro familia) www.profamilia.de/index.php?id=909 • Center for Sexual Health and Family Planning (Zentrum für sexuelle Gesundheit und Familienplanung), Mitte location www.berlin.de/ba-mitte/politik-und-verwaltung/aemter/gesundh • Center for Sexual Health and Family Planning, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg location www.berlin.de/ba-friedrichshain-kreuzberg/politik-und-verwal • Center for Sexual Health and Family Planning, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf location www.berlin.de/ba-charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/verwaltung/aemte • Center for Sexual Health and Family Planning, Steglitz-Zehlendorf location www.berlin.de/ba-steglitz-zehlendorf/politik-und-verwaltung/ • Center for Sexual Health and Family Planning, Marzahn-Hellersdorf location www.berlin.de/ba-marzahn-hellersdorf/politik-und-verwaltung/ • Counseling on pregnancy and family planning (Senatsverwaltung für Gesundheit, Senate Department for Health) www.berlin.de/sen/gesundheit/schwangerschaft-und-kindergesun • Berlin Social Law (Berliner Sozialrecht) sozialrecht.berlin.de/ • Guide to health insurance (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, Federal Ministry of Health) www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/service/publikationen/de • Guide to patient rights (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, Federal Ministry of Health) www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/service/publikationen/de

Who is responsible

This service can be used at the Amt für Soziales (social welfare office) of your district of residence.

Responsible for you

Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.

Original

German original

Service number 324571 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324571/