ACT ON WELFARE SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to enable the State and local governments to collaborate their assistance to suit the specific welfare needs of children with disabilities so that children with disabilities can grow up healthily in a stable home life and actively correlate in society, and to lessen the burden on the families of children with disabilities.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Jan. 2, 2024>

1. The term "child with a disability" means a person under the age of 18 registered as a person with a disability under Article 32 of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities; provided, persons otherwise recognized as disabled by the Minister of Health and Welfare, among children under the age of 9, shall be included herein;

2. The term "protector of a child with disabilities" (hereinafter referred to as "caregiver") means a person with parental rights, a guardian, a person who protects, nurtures, and educates a child with disabilities, or assumes a duty for such protection, nurture, and education, or a person who actually protects and supervises a child with disabilities due to affairs or employment reasons;

3. The term "welfare support for children with disabilities" means that the State and local governments provide various resources of personnel and materials, such as medical subsidies, childcare assistance, assistance to their families, and assistance necessary for the growth of children with disabilities, according to their specific welfare needs;

4. The term "welfare assistance recipient" means a person entitled to welfare support under this Act;

5. The term "welfare assistance voucher for a child with disabilities" (hereinafter referred to as "welfare assistance voucher") means a certificate that states (including records kept in electronic or magnetic form) the extent of welfare support to which a user can obtain by presenting the voucher to a service provider, in whatsoever name or form the voucher may be, or the amount of money equivalent to such welfare support; provided, childcare subsidies under Article 22(1) shall be substituted with a coupon for nursing service under Article 34-3 of the Child Care Act.

ACT ON WELFARE SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Basic ideas) #

Article 4(Rights of children with disabilities) #

Article 5(Relationship with other statutes) #

Article 6(Missions of the State and local governments) #

Article 7(Deliberation on welfare support for children with disabilities) #

Article 8(Central support center for children with disabilities) #

Article 9(Local support centers for children with disabilities) #

Article 10(Coordination and cooperation with relevant institutions or organizations) #

Article 11(Surveys on actual status of welfare support for children with disabilities) #

Article 12(Early detection of disabilities) #

Article 13(Application for welfare assistance) #

Article 14(Selection of welfare assistance recipients) #

Article 15(Provision of financial information) #

Article 16(Referral to welfare support institutions) #

Article 17(Formulation of individual support plans) #

Article 18(Protection of individual information about children with disabilities and their families) #

Article 19(Medical subsidies) #

Article 20(Provision of assistive devices) #

Article 21(Developmental rehabilitation services) #

Article 21-2(Grounds for disqualification of heads and employees of institutions providing developmental rehabilitation services) #

Article 22(Childcare assistance) #

Article 23(Family assistance) #

Article 24(Provision of services for care and temporary relaxation) #

Article 24-2(Qualifications of caregiver for children with disabilities) #

Article 24-3(Grounds for disqualification of caregivers for children with disabilities) #

Article 24-4(Suspension or revocation of qualification as caregivers for children with disabilities) #

Article 24-5(Prohibition of title lending) #

Article 25(Provision of services for adaptation to community) #

Article 26(Welfare support for culture and art) #

Article 26-2(Foster care assistance) #

Article 27(Top priority given to provide welfare support for disadvantaged families) #

Article 28(Provision of welfare support) #

Article 29(Recovery of expenses of welfare support) #

Article 30(Welfare support institutions) #

Article 31(Duties of welfare support institutions) #

Article 32(Child care center for infants with disabilities) #

Article 33(Provision of information by institutions providing developmental rehabilitation services) #

Article 34(Guidance and supervision) #

Article 35(Reporting and inspections) #

Article 35-2(Cooperation in business affairs among relevant agencies) #

Article 36(Hearings) #

Article 37(Delegation and entrustment) #

Article 38(Objections) #

Article 39(Penalty provisions) #

Article 40(Joint penalty provisions) #

Article 41(Administrative fines) #