ACT ON THE USE AND PROVISION OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND SEARCH FOR ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES

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ACT ON THE USE AND PROVISION OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND SEARCH FOR ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES — 법갈피

Article 5( Application for social security benefits ) #

(1) A person in need of support, his or her relative, a guardian under the Civil Act, a certified youth counselor or certified youth guider under the Framework Act on Youth, a person who actually protects a person eligible for support (including the head of a related institution or organization), etc. (hereinafter referred to as "eligible applicant for social security benefits") may apply for social security benefits to a livelihood security agency having jurisdiction over a place of domicile of the person in need of support; provided, where a place of domicile of the person in need of support is different from his or her actual place of residence, he or she may file an application with a livelihood security agency having jurisdiction over the actual place of residence, or may also apply for social security benefits to a livelihood security agency that is not within the jurisdiction of a place of domicile of the person in need of support the head of a central administrative agency determines necessary in consideration of the convenience of use of a person in need of support, types, etc. of social security benefits provided. <Amended on Dec. 29, 2020; Mar. 28, 2023>

(2) In order to prevent a person in need of support from being omitted from receiving social security benefits, a person-in-charge at a livelihood security agency may file an application, ex officio, for providing social security benefits to a person in need of support residing in his or her jurisdiction. In such cases, he or she shall obtain consent from the person in need of support, and upon obtaining such consent, it shall be deemed that the person in need of support has filed the application in person.

(3) Notwithstanding the latter part of paragraph (2), where a person in need of support falls under any case prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as mental weakness or insanity, a person-in-charge at a livelihood security agency may apply for social security benefits ex officio without the consent of the person in need of support. In such cases, the person-in-charge at the livelihood security agency shall, without delay, report to the head of the livelihood security agency the fact that an application has been filed ex officio. <Added on Dec. 29, 2020>

(4) A corporation, organization, facility, institution, etc. designated by the head of a livelihood security agency may provide help with the application under paragraph (1) at the request of an eligible applicant for social security benefits. <Added on Dec. 29, 2020>

(5) Where an application is filed under paragraph (1) or (2), a person-in-charge at a livelihood security agency shall notify the applicant or the person in need of support, of the following matters: <Amended on Dec. 29, 2020>

1. Applicable statutes or regulations, the purpose of an investigation under Article 7 and the scope of information subject to investigation, and methods of using such information;

2. Obligation to report under Article 20;

3. Retention period and destruction of information under Article 34.

(6) Matters necessary for the methods for applying for social security benefits, for providing help with application, for issuing notification under paragraphs (1) through (5) shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Dec. 29, 2020>

Article 7( Investigation of eligibility ) #

(1) Upon receipt of an application for social security benefits under Article 5, in order to verify the eligibility of a person in need of support and a person under duty to support him or her (referring to his or her spouse, and any lineal blood relatives within the first degree of kinship and their spouses; hereinafter the same shall apply) to receive social security benefits, the head of a livelihood security agency may be provided with the data or information falling under any of the following, and examine and manage such data or information (referring to the management thereof as defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Personal Information Protection Act; hereinafter the same shall apply); provided, this shall not apply in cases where no investigation into a person under duty to support is necessary or other cases prescribed by Presidential Decree:

1. Matters related to the verification of personal information and family relationship;

2. Matters related to the income, property, ability to work, and employment status;

3. Matters related to the history of receiving social security benefits;

4. Other matters recognized as necessary by the head of the livelihood security agency to select eligible beneficiaries.

(2) Where it is difficult to secure data required to verify the matters prescribed in the subparagraphs of paragraph (1), the head of the livelihood security agency may request to submit necessary data from the applicant or the person in need of support and a person under duty to support him or her.

(3) Where it is necessary to verify the matters prescribed in the subparagraphs of paragraph (1), a person-in-charge at a livelihood security agency may visit the domicile and the places necessary to visit for the verification of facts by presenting identification indicating his or her authority and documents stating the matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, including the period and scope of an investigation, person in charge of the investigation, relevant statutes or regulations, etc. <Amended on Feb. 3, 2016>

(4) Where the head of a livelihood security agency intends to use networks or data prescribed by Presidential Decree, including resident registration electronic data, family relation registration electronic data; finance, national tax, local tax; land, buildings, health insurance, national pension, employment insurance, industrial accident compensation insurance, entry into and departure from the Republic of Korea, military affairs, veterans' benefits, correctional affairs, etc., for the purpose of investigating the matters prescribed in the subparagraphs of paragraph (1), he or she may request the cooperation of the relevant central administrative agencies, the National Court Administration, local governments, and related institutions and organizations, corporations, or facilities, etc. In such cases, any institution or organization, corporation, or facility upon receipt of a request for submission of data shall comply with such request unless there is a compelling reason not to do so. <Amended on Dec. 29, 2020>

(5) The head of a livelihood security agency shall provide a person in need of support with an opportunity to state his or her opinions during the course of an investigation under paragraph (1).

(6) Where an applicant, a person in need of support, or a person under a duty to support the applicant interferes with or evades an investigation under paragraph (1) or rejects a request to submit data under paragraph (2) on at least two occasions, a livelihood security agency may reject the relevant application for social security benefits. <Added on Dec. 29, 2020>

(7) With respect to the details, procedures, methods, etc. of the investigation under paragraph (1), the Framework Act on Administrative Investigations shall apply, except as provided in this Act. <Added on Feb. 3, 2016; Dec. 29, 2020>

Article 8( Provision of financial information ) #

(1) Where it is necessary to examine financial information, etc. under Article 7 ( 1 ) with respect to a person in need of support and a person under duty to support him or her, the head a central administrative agency or the head of a local government shall acquire written consent to the provision of the following data or information:

1. The average bank account balance and other data or information prescribed by Presidential Decree (hereafter referred to as "financial information" in this Article) among the data or information about the details of financial assets and financial transactions defined under subparagraphs 2 and 3 of Article 2 of the Act on Real Name Financial Transactions and Confidentiality;

2. The amount of debt and other data or information prescribed by Presidential Decree (hereafter referred to as "credit information" in this Article) among the credit information defined under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Credit Information Use and Protection Act;

3. Insurance premiums paid for purchasing any of the insurances under Article 4 ( 1 ) of the Insurance Business Act, and other data or information prescribed by Presidential Decree (hereafter referred to as "insurance information" in this Article).

(2) Notwithstanding Article 4 ( 1 ) of the Act on Real Name Financial Transactions and Confidentiality and Article 32 ( 1 ) of the Credit Information Use and Protection Act, the Minister of Health and Welfare may request the head of any financial institution, etc. (referring to financial corporations, etc. under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Act on Real Name Financial Transactions and Confidentiality and credit information collection agencies under subparagraph 6 of Article 2 of the Credit Information Use and Protection Act; hereinafter they shall be referred to as "financial institutions, etc.") to furnish financial information, credit information, or insurance information (hereinafter referred to as "financial information, etc.") by means of a document in electronic form, converted from the consenting document submitted by a person in need of support and a person under duty to support him or her pursuant to paragraph (1).

(3) Where it is deemed necessary to conduct an investigation for verifying the appropriateness of social security benefits under Article 19, notwithstanding Article 4 ( 1 ) of the Act on Real Name Financial Transactions and Confidentiality and Article 32 ( 1 ) of the Credit Information Use and Protection Act, the Minister of Health and Welfare may request the head of a financial institution, etc. to furnish financial information, etc. of the beneficiary and a person under duty to support him or her by means of a document which describes personal details conforming to the standards prescribed by Presidential Decree or through the information and communications network.

(4) Notwithstanding Article 4 of the Act on Real Name Financial Transactions and Confidentiality and Article 32 of the Credit Information Use and Protection Act, the head of a financial institution, etc. in receipt of a request for the provision of financial information, etc. shall furnish the financial information, etc. of the holders of title deeds.

(5) The head of a financial institution, etc. who has furnished financial information, etc. shall notify the holders of title deeds of the fact that financial information, etc. has been furnished; provided, where the holders of title deeds consent, such notification need not be given, notwithstanding Article 4-2 (1) of the Act on Real Name Financial Transactions and Confidentiality and Article 35 of the Credit Information Use and Protection Act.

(6) Any request for provision of financial information, etc. and any provision thereof, shall be made utilizing the information and communications network defined in Article 2 ( 1 ) 1 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection; provided, the same shall not apply in the case of inevitability, such as damage to the information and communications network.

(7) Matters necessary for the request for the provision of financial information, etc. and the methods, procedures, guidelines, etc. for the provision thereof shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Dec. 29, 2020>

Article 11( Request for cooperation, including sharing of information ) #

(1) The head of a livelihood security agency may, for the purpose of searching for persons in need of support who are residing in his or her jurisdiction (including locating the persons in need of support), request the cooperation of the heads of the relevant institutions, corporations, organizations, or facilities falling under any of the following subparagraphs with such matters as the sharing of information acquired over the course of conducting their duties, sending an employee under his or her jurisdiction when a site investigation is conducted at the domicile of a person in need of support, etc. In such cases, the heads of the related institutions, corporations, organizations, or facilities shall comply with such request unless there is good cause: <Amended on May 18, 2015; Apr. 7, 2020; Dec. 22, 2020; Mar. 28, 2023; Jan. 23, 2024>

1. Social welfare foundations and social welfare facilities established under subparagraphs 3 and 4 of Article 2 of the Social Welfare Services Act;

2. The National Pension Service established under Article 24 of the National Pension Act;

3. The National Health Insurance Service provided for in Article 13 of the National Health Insurance Act;

4. Public health clinics defined in Article 10 of the Regional Public Health Act;

5. Schools established under the subparagraphs of Article 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act;

6. Police stations under Article 13 of the Act on the Organization and Operation of National Police and Autonomous Police;

7. Fire brigades defined in subparagraph 5 of Article 2 of the Framework Act on Firefighting Services;

7-2. Public housing project operators under Article 4 of the Special Act on Public Housing;

7-3. Management entities under Article 2 ( 1 ) 10 of the Multi-Family Housing Management Act;

7-4. Persons entrusted with the operation of the multi-family housing management information system under Article 89 ( 2 ) 8 of the Multi-Family Housing Management Act;

8. Managing bodies under Article 23 of the Act on Ownership and Management of Condominium Buildings;

9. The Credit Counseling and Recovery Service under Article 56 of the Microfinance Support Act;

10. The Korea Association for ICT Promotion under Article 15 of the Framework Act on Broadcasting Communications Development;

11. Other institutions, corporations, organizations, and facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(2) The head of a livelihood security agency may utilize the information prescribed by Presidential Decree, from among the administrative information that the agency retains, for purposes of conducting investigations for search under Article 12-2. <Added on Apr. 7, 2020>

(3) Where necessary to locate the persons in need of support, the head of a livelihood security agency may request a facilities-based telecommunications business operator who provides telecommunications services using radio frequencies assigned under the Radio Waves Act (hereinafter referred to as "facilities-based telecommunications business operator"), among the telecommunications business operators defined in subparagraph 8 of Article 2 of the Telecommunications Business Act, to provide telephone numbers of the persons in need of support. <Added on Mar. 28, 2023>

(4) A facilities-based telecommunications business operator upon receipt of a request under paragraph (3) shall comply therewith unless there is good cause. <Added on Mar. 28, 2023>

(5) Where the head of a livelihood security agency receives telephone numbers pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4), he or she shall notify the relevant person in need of support of such fact in writing or by electronic means, such as text messages and messengers, within 30 days from the date of receipt of the relevant information; provided, where it is difficult to give notice within 30 days due to the urgent need to identify households in critical situations, such notice shall be given within 30 days from the date such cause ceases to exist. <Added on Mar. 28, 2023>

(6) Matters necessary for the procedures and methods for requesting and providing telephone numbers, and notification, etc. thereof under paragraphs (3) through (5) shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Added on Mar. 28, 2023>

Article 12( Management of data or information ) #

(1) In order to assist a livelihood security agency in efficiently conducting the affairs prescribed in Article 10, the Minister of Health and Welfare may manage the following data or information using the social security information system established under Article 37 of the Framework Act on Social Security (hereinafter referred to as "social security information system"): <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017; Dec. 3, 2019; Apr. 7, 2020; Mar. 28, 2023; Aug. 16, 2023; Jan. 23, 2024>

1. Information on households affected by the suspension of power supply (including the limiting of current intensity) under Article 14 of the Electric Utility Act, the suspension of water supply under Article 39 of the Water Supply and Waterworks Installation Act; or the suspension of gas supply under Article 19 of the Urban Gas Business Act (the household information shall include resident registration electronic data and family relation registration electronic data; hereinafter the same shall apply);

2. Information on households of students assessed by their teachers as being in the critical situations, out of the school life records managed under Article 25 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act;

3. Information on households of persons who have failed to pay insurance premiums prescribed in Article 69 of the National Health Insurance Act for at least three months;

4. Information on households which have been dropped during the processes for application or support under the National Basic Living Security Act or the Emergency Aid and Support Act;

5. Information on households of persons who are assessed by the heads of facilities qualified under Article 35 of the Social Welfare Services Act as being in critical situations among those who have not been admitted to the facilities or who have been discharged from the facilities;

6. Information on defaults (referring to unpaid loans, credit card debts, communications bills and others) meeting the criteria prescribed by Presidential Decree of persons recognized as being in critical situations by the Minister of Health and Welfare and the amount of debt related to the relevant information on defaults, which is their personal credit information determined through consultation with the Chairperson of the Financial Services Commission among personal credit information held by a centralized credit information collection agency under Article 25 ( 2 ) 1 of the Credit Information Use and Protection Act or by an individual credit information collection agency under Article 25 ( 2 ) 2 of that Act;

7. Information on households of the tenants who have fallen behind in the payment of rent under Article 4 ( 1 ) of the Special Act on Public Housing for at least three months, held by public housing project operators under Article 4 ( 1 ) of the that Act;

8. Information on households of the occupants who have fallen behind in the payment of management expenses under Article 23 ( 1 ) of the Multi-Family Housing Management Act for at least three months, held by management entities under Article 2 ( 1 ) 10 of the same Act;

9. Information on households of sectional owners or occupants who have failed to pay expenses and allotted costs for performing the duties of the managing body under Article 25 ( 1 ) 2 of the Act on Ownership and Management of Condominium Buildings for at least 3 months, which refer to materials reported or submitted to a Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu pursuant to Article 26-5 of that Act;

10. Information on households of persons who use the loan services provided by the National Pension Service pursuant to Article 46 ( 1 ) 1 of the National Pension Act;

11. Information on the mobile phone numbers of persons recognized as being in critical situations by the Minister of Health and Welfare, among the information on users held by a facilities-based telecommunications business operator, which may be provided through the electronic information system under Article 4 ( 6 ) of the Telecommunications Business Act;

12. Other information prescribed by Presidential Decree, as those necessary for searching for persons in need of support.

(2) The Minister of Health and Welfare may process information on insurance contributions under Article 69 of the National Health Insurance Act to determine whether a household or individual falling under any subparagraph of paragraph (1) fits into the category of the households in critical situations. <Added on Apr. 7, 2020>

(3) The Minister of Health and Welfare may request that the heads of the relevant central administrative agencies, local governments, or related institutions, corporations, organizations, or facilities provide data or information prescribed in the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2). In such cases, the heads of the relevant central administrative agencies, etc. shall comply with such request unless there is good cause. <Amended on Apr. 7, 2020>

(4) The Minister of Health and Welfare may provide data or information under paragraph (1) to the head of a livelihood security agency or the superintendent of education of the Special Metropolitan City, a Metropolitan City, a Special Self-Governing City, a Do, or a Special Self-Governing Province (hereinafter referred to as "City/Do") in order to eliminate blind spots in social security management. <Amended on Apr. 7, 2020; Jul. 27, 2021>

(5) Where necessary, the head of a livelihood security agency or the superintendent of education of a City/Do may provide support in such a way that the heads of corporations, organizations, or facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree can utilize the data or information provided by the Minister of Health and Welfare pursuant to paragraph (4), after obtaining consent from persons in need of support. <Added on Jul. 27, 2021>

(6) The superintendent of education of a City/Do may provide the head of a kindergarten under the Early Childhood Education Act or the head of a school under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act with data or information provided by the Minister of Health and Welfare pursuant to paragraph (4) to prevent the abuse of and to provide support to students, etc. under in Article 22-2 of the Child Welfare Act (hereinafter referred to as "students, etc."). <Added on Jul. 27, 2021>

(7) No person who has obtained data or information under paragraph (6) shall use the relevant data or information for purposes other than those for preventing the abuse of and providing support for students, etc. or for divulging such data or information to any other person. <Added on Jul. 27, 2021>

Article 13( Obligation to report upon finding persons in need of support ) #

(1) Any person shall report to a livelihood security agency when he or she finds a person in need of social security benefits due to social risks stemming from childbirth, rearing children, unemployment, old age, disability, sickness, poverty, death, etc.

(2) Any of the following persons who discovers, in the course of performing his or her duties, that a person in need of support is at risk of death or serious mental or physical disability due to social risks listed in paragraph (1) shall report thereon to a livelihood security agency without delay, and endeavor to ensure that the person in need of support receives necessary support promptly: <Amended on May 18, 2015; Dec. 29, 2015; May 29, 2016; Dec. 11, 2018; Dec. 3, 2019; Jan. 12, 2021; Jun. 13, 2023; Jan. 23, 2024; Apr. 22, 2025>

1. The heads and employees of social welfare facilities qualified under Articles 35 and 35-2 of the Social Welfare Services Act;

2. The heads and employees of activity support institutions designated under Article 20 of the Act on Activity Assistant Services for Persons with Disabilities, and activity support personnel under Article 16 of that Act;

3. Medical personnel and the heads of medical institutions defined under Articles 2 and 3 of the Medical Service Act;

4. Medical service technologists defined in Article 1-2 of the Medical Service Technologists, etc. Act;

5. Emergency medical technicians under Article 36 of the Emergency Medical Service Act;

6. Members of rescue units or first-aid units under Article 34 of the Framework Act on Firefighting Services;

7. Police officers classified under Article 2 ( 2 ) 2 of the State Public Officials Act;

8. Autonomous police officers classified under Article 2 ( 2 ) 2 of the Local Public Officials Act;

9. The heads and employees of mental health welfare centers defined in subparagraph 3 of Article 3 of the Act on the Improvement of Mental Health and the Support for Welfare Services for Mental Patients;

10. Infant care teachers and staff of child-care centers, including the principals thereof, established under Article 10 of the Infant Care Act;

11. Kindergarten personnel under Article 20 of the Early Childhood Education Act and the instructors, etc. under Article 23 of that Act;

12. School personnel classified under Article 19 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, specialized counselors, etc. assigned under Article 19-2 of that Act, and industrial-educational teachers, etc. pursuant to Article 22 of that Act;

13. Administrators, instructors, and employees of private teaching institutes under Article 6 of the Act on the Establishment and Operation of Private Teaching Institutes and Extracurricular Lessons as well as operators and employees of teaching schools under Article 14 of that Act;

14. The heads and employees of counseling centers for the victims of sexual violence established under Article 10 of the Sexual Violence Prevention and Victims Protection Act, and the heads and workers of protection facilities for victims of sexual violence established under Article 12 of that Act;

15. The heads and employees of support facilities established under Article 10 of the Act on the Prevention of Commercial Sex Acts and Protection of Victims, and the heads and workers of the counseling centers for victims of commercial sex acts established under Article 17 of that Act;

16. The heads and employees of the counseling centers related to domestic violence established under Article 5 of the Act on the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Protection of Victims, and the heads and workers of the shelters for victims of domestic violence established under Article 7 of that Act;

17. The heads and employees of healthy family support centers and family centers under Articles 35 and 35-2 of the Framework Act on Healthy Families;

18. The heads and employees of long-term care institutions under Article 31 of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act;

19. Workers engaged in visiting nursing-care services provided by public health centers in accordance with Article 11 ( 1 ) 5 (g) 　 of the Regional Public Health Act;

20. Heads and employees of multicultural family support centers under Article 12 of the Multicultural Families Support Act;

21. The heads of administrative Ris under Article 7 ( 4 ) of the Local Autonomy Act, and the heads of Tongs established as a subordinate organization of administrative Dongs under paragraph (5) of the same Act;

22. Management entities under Article 2 ( 1 ) 10 of the Multi-Family Housing Management Act;

23. The heads and employees of suicide prevention centers under Article 13 of the Act on the Prevention of Suicide and the Creation of Culture of Respect for Life;

24. Persons engaged in the affairs related to meter reading and safety inspections under the Electric Utility Act, the Water Supply and Waterworks Installation Act, and the Urban Gas Business Act;

25. Persons engaged in the affairs of civil petitions or counseling services related to the payment and collection of insurance premiums, the payment of pension benefits and insurance benefits, etc. at the National Pension Service under Article 24 of the National Pension Act, the National Health Insurance Service under Article 13 of the National Health Insurance Act, and the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service under Article 10 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act;

26. Postmen providing postal services pursuant to the Postal Service Act.

(3) With respect to a person in need of support who is recognized as requiring social security benefits based upon a report, etc. filed under paragraph (1) or (2), the head of a livelihood security agency shall endeavor to ensure that an application is made pursuant to Article 5.

Article 15( Formulation and implementation of support plans ) #

(1) Where the head of a livelihood security agency determines to provide social security benefits under Article 9 ( 1 ), if necessary, he or she shall formulate a plan for providing social security benefits for each eligible beneficiary, covering the following matters (hereafter in this Article referred to as "support plan"). In such cases, he or she shall take into account the opinions of the eligible beneficiary or his or her relatives, or other related persons:

1. The type, method, quantity, and period of providing social security benefits;

2. Agencies or organizations to provide social security benefits;

3. Where at least two livelihood security agencies or related institutions, corporations, organizations, or facilities are to provide social security benefits to one eligible beneficiary, a means to connect with each other;

4. Where it is necessary to connect with the linkage with welfare benefits provided by private corporations, organizations, or facilities related to social security, a means to connect with each other.

(2) The head of a livelihood security agency shall endeavor to provide social security benefits in accordance with a support plan, and when necessary, he or she may evaluate the results of the provision of social security benefits regularly and modify the support plan based on the results of the evaluation.

(3) Where the head of a livelihood security agency develops or modifies a support plan for eligible beneficiaries, he or she may confirm their eligibility using the social security information system.

(4) The head of a livelihood security agency may share the minimum information deemed necessary to implement a support plan with other related livelihood security agencies, and when necessary, he or she may share such information with the corporations, organizations or facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree by acquiring the consent of eligible beneficiaries.

(5) The head of a livelihood security agency may, in order to support the enhancement of professionalism in the formulation, implementation, etc. of a support plan, entrust education, consulting, and other necessary affairs to the relevant institutions, including public institutions under the Act on the Management of Public Institutions.

(6) Necessary matters concerning formulating of a support plan, providing of social security benefits, and relevant matters under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

Article 22-2(Guidance on Customized Benefits) #

(1) The Minister of Health and Welfare and the head of a livelihood security agency may, upon receipt of an application from an eligible applicant for social security benefits, periodically verify the possibility of receiving social security benefits and provide guidance on the results of such verification (hereinafter referred to as "guidance on customized benefits").

(2) A person who intends to receive guidance on customized benefits shall file an application with the Minister of Health and Welfare or the head of a livelihood security agency; provided, where any of the following persons does not refuse to file an application as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, he or she shall be deemed to have applied for guidance on customized benefits:

1. A beneficiary of any business prescribed in the following statutes:

(a) National Basic Living Security Act;

(b) Single-Parent Family Support Act;

(d) Disability Pension Act;

(e) Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities;

(f) Other statutes prescribed by Presidential Decree;

2. An applicant for managing entitlement prescribed in the following statutes:

(a) Disability Pension Act;

(b) Basic Pension Act;

(d) Other statutes prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(3) The Minister of Health and Welfare and the head of a livelihood security agency may require an applicant for guidance on customized benefits under paragraph (2) and his or her household members (limited to persons who share a livelihood or residence) to provide necessary data or information before investigating and processing said data or information to verify whether it is possible for them to receive social security benefits. In such cases, Articles 7, 8, and 9 (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the scope and methods of investigations for verifying the possibility of receiving the benefits.

(4) Where an applicant and his or her family members are recognized to be entitled to social security benefits as a result of verification of the possibility of receiving benefits under paragraph (3), the Minister of Health and Welfare and the head of a livelihood security agency may take measures under Articles 5 through 9 using data or information submitted by the applicant with the consent of the person in need of support.

(5) Other matters necessary for the application for and suspension of guidance on customized benefits, investigations, and the methods, procedures, etc. for issuing such guidance, and the like shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

[This Article Added on Dec. 29, 2020]

Article 23( Management of social security information ) #

(1) The Minister of Health and Welfare may manage the following data or information (hereinafter referred to as "social security information") using the social security information system so that a livelihood security agency can efficiently select persons entitled to social security benefits, the management of such social security benefits, and other relevant affairs: <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017>

1. Data or information concerning the current status of social security benefits, including the applicable statutes or regulations, the target and details of security services, budget, etc.;

2. Data or information concerning personal information, income, property, etc. necessary for the consultation, application, investigation, and eligibility management pursuant to Articles 5 through 22;

3. Data or information concerning the history of social security benefits received;

4. Data or information necessary for the Minister of Health and Welfare to conduct the duties delegated or entrusted under Article 51;

5. Data or information concerning the records of performing business affairs in accordance with the statutes or regulations related to social security information, including counseling, application (including the application filed under Article 25 ( 3 )), investigation, determination, provision, recovery, etc.;

6. Data or information concerning the current status of the provision of social security benefits by private corporations, organizations, or facilities related to social security, and the history of such private corporations, organizations, or facilities receiving subsidies;

7. Other data or information necessary for the provision and management of social security benefits and the establishment and operation of the social security information system, which shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(2) The Minister of Health and Welfare may, in order to manage social security information, request for the provision of necessary data or information from the heads of relevant central administrative agencies, the heads of local governments, or the heads of related institutions, corporations, organizations, or facilities. In such cases, the heads of relevant central administrative agencies, etc. shall comply with such request unless there is good cause.

(3) The heads of private corporations, organizations, or facilities related to social security shall proactively cooperate for the efficient operation of the social security information system.

(4) The Minister of Health and Welfare may provide support necessary for the utilization of social security information for forecast surveys, research and development, etc. conducted in relation to social security.

(5) The methods, procedures, etc. for the management of social security information shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

Article 24( Use of social security information system, and relevant matters ) #

(1) The head of a livelihood security agency may, in order to efficiently conduct the duties under Articles 5 through 22, use the social security information system or use it in conjunction with other operation systems under its control. In such cases, the head of a livelihood security agency shall consult with the Minister of Health and Welfare, specifying the data or information to be managed using the social security information system, the scope of such data or information, the purpose and method of managing such data or information, the institution holding the relevant data or information (hereinafter referred to as "information-holding institution"), etc.

(2) Where the head of a livelihood security agency consults with the Minister of Health and Welfare pursuant to paragraph (1), he or she shall comply with matters relating to the standardization of social security information, such as the types of investigation into income and property determined by the Minister of Health and Welfare pursuant to Article 27. <Added on Dec. 29, 2020>

(3) The Minister of Health and Welfare may provide information managed using the social security information system to the head of a livelihood security agency to eliminate blind spots in social security management, and the head of a livelihood security agency shall, where necessary, may help the heads of corporations, organizations, or facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree utilize such information by obtaining consent from persons in need of support. <Amended on Dec. 29, 2020>

(4) The head of a livelihood security agency shall not use social security information obtained from the social security information system for any purpose other than those prescribed in this Act. <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017; Dec. 29, 2020>

(5) Where the Minister of Health and Welfare provides social security information pursuant to paragraph (3), he or she shall provide the minimum necessary social security information in consideration of the purpose of use. <Amended on Dec. 29, 2020>

(6) The list of social security benefits on which consultation is completed pursuant to paragraph (1) and which is maintained using the social security information system shall be determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Health and Welfare. <Added on Dec. 29, 2020>

(7) The scope, methods, procedures, etc. for using the social security information system, other than those provided in paragraphs (1) through (6), shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Dec. 29, 2020>

Article 24-2(Establishment and operation of social services information system) #

(1) The Minister of Health and Welfare may establish and operate an information system (hereinafter referred to as "social services information system") which digitizes the business affairs of corporations, organizations, facilities, or institutions (hereinafter referred to as "social services institutions") prescribed in the following subparagraphs and processes, records, and manages the information necessary for performing their duties in connection with it:

1. Social welfare corporations and social welfare facilities established under subparagraphs 3 and 4 of Article 2 of the Social Welfare Services Act;

2. Social service providers under subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Act on the Use of Social Services and the Management of Vouchers;

3. Other institutions prescribed by Presidential Decree which provide social services under subparagraph 4 of Article 3 of the Framework Act on Social Security.

(2) The operator, persons working in a social services institution, and other persons prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Health and Welfare may use the social services information system to perform the following affairs:

1. Support for searching for households in critical situations under Articles 11, 12, 12-2, and 13;

2. Business affairs necessary for the private-public cooperation under Article 14 and for the implementation of a support plan under Article 15;

3. Business affairs relating to the use and provision of social security benefits requested by livelihood security agencies under Article 16;

4. Business affairs relating to conducting integrated case management under Article 42-2;

5. Connection and collaboration among projects for integrated case management prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, such as integrated case management prescribed in Article 42-2, integrated services prescribed in Article 37 of the Child Welfare Act, and regional healthcare services prescribed in subparagraph 5 of Article 11 of the Regional Public Health Act;

6. Processing, recording and management of information such as data on persons engaging in, dwelling in and using social welfare corporation and social welfare facilities under Article 6-2 of the Social Welfare Services Act;

7. Business affairs relating to management of social services vouchers under Article 28 of the Act on the Use of Social Services and the Management of Vouchers;

8. Other business affairs prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as provision of social security benefits by a social services institution, the management of workers, users, etc., and operation of a social services institution.

(3) The Minister of Health and Welfare may process data or information necessary for social services institutions to perform the affairs under the subparagraphs of paragraph (2) through the social services information system.

(4) The Minister of Health and Welfare may request necessary data or information under paragraph (3) from the heads of relevant central administrative agencies, the heads of local governments, or the heads of related institutions, corporations, organizations, or facilities. In such cases, the heads of relevant central administrative agencies, etc. shall comply with such request unless there is good cause.

(5) The scope of and procedures for data or information processed or requested by the Minister of Health and Welfare pursuant to paragraph (3) or (4) and which are necessary for a social services institution to provide and manage social security benefits shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(6) The Minister of Health and Welfare shall operate the social services information system in connection with the social security information system so that a livelihood security agency and a social services institution can efficiently provide social security benefits to eligible beneficiaries.

(7) Where it is necessary for a social services institution to provide social security benefits and welfare benefits or services under Article 4 ( 4 ) or to provide counseling and guidance thereon, the Minister of Health and Welfare may require the institution to use information on the persons registered in the social security information system or the social services information system, upon obtaining consent from the relevant person in accordance with the procedures prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Health and Welfare; provided, where there is any unavoidable cause prescribed in individual statutes, procedures for obtaining consent may be omitted.

(8) Articles 30 (1) and (2), 31, 31-2, 32, and 33 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the protection of information on the social services information system. In such cases, "social security information system" shall be construed as "social services information system"; "social security information" as "information on the social services information system"; and "the head of a livelihood security agency" as "the head of a social services institution," respectively.

(9) Other matters necessary for the establishment, management, etc. of a social services information system shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(10) The Minister of Health and Welfare may entrust the operation of the social services information system under paragraph (1) to the Korea Social Security Information Service under Article 29.

[This Article Added on Dec. 29, 2020]

Article 29( Korea social security information service ) #

(1) In order to operate and support the social security information system, the Korea Social Security Information Service (hereinafter referred to as "Korea Social Security Information Service") shall be incorporated. <Amended on Dec. 3, 2019>

(2) The Korea Social Security Information Service shall be incorporation. <Amended on Dec. 3, 2019>

(3) The Korea Social Security Information Service shall perform the following duties in accordance with entrustment, etc. pursuant to Article 51 ( 2 ): <Amended on Dec. 3, 2019>

1. The establishment and operation of the social security information system, including its maintenance, functional improvement, management, education, and counseling;

2. The management of data or information pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) and the management of social security information;

3. Support for the electronic processing of affairs, such as applications, receipt, investigations, determination, and recovery, etc. in accordance with statutes or regulations, etc. related to the supply of and demand for social security benefits;

4. The operation of an information system necessary for the use, provision, settlement, etc. of social service vouchers in accordance with the related statutes or regulations, etc., including the Act on the Use of Social Services and the Management of Vouchers and the management of businesses that provide social services using social service vouchers;

5. Support for digitalization for private corporations, organizations, and facilities related to social security;

6. Generation, analysis, and provision of policy information and statistical information necessary for the operation of the social security system, and investigation and research for supporting social security policies;

7. The operation of the public portal in accordance with Article 25;

8. Other business affairs entrusted by the Minister of Health and Welfare, the State, or a local government in accordance with this Act or other statutes or regulations.

(4) The Government may contribute or subsidize expenses necessary for the establishment and operation of the Korea Social Security Information Service in order to facilitate the use and provision of social security benefits. <Amended on Dec. 3, 2019>

(5) Except as provided in this Act, the provisions of the Civil Act governing incorporated foundations shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Korea Social Security Information Service. <Amended on Dec. 3, 2019>

(6) Matters necessary for the establishment, operation, etc. of the Korea Social Security Information Service shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Dec. 3, 2019>

(7) The executive officers and employees of the Korea Social Security Information Service shall be deemed public officials for the purposes of Articles 129 through 132 of the Criminal Act. <Amended on Dec. 3, 2019>

(8) No person who serves, or formerly served, as an executive officer or employee of the Korea Social Security Information Service shall divulge any confidential information he or she has or had learned during the course of performing his or her duties or misappropriate it. <Amended on Dec. 3, 2019>

[Title Amended on Dec. 31, 2019]

Article 35( Formulation of plans for regional social security ) #

(1) The Special Metropolitan City Mayor; a Metropolitan City Mayor; a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Do Governor; or a Special Self-Governing Province Governor (hereinafter referred to as "Mayor/Do Governor"), and the head of each Si/Gun/Gu shall formulate a plan for regional social security (hereinafter referred to as "regional social security plan") every four years, and formulate an annual implementation plan in accordance with the regional social security plan every year. In such cases, such a plan shall be correlated to a master plan prescribed in Article 16 of the Framework Act on Social Security. <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017>

(2) The head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall formulate a regional social security plan (including annual implementation plans; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply) of the relevant Si (including an administrative Si under Article 10 ( 2 ) of the Special Act on the Establishment of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and the Development of Free International City; hereinafter the same shall apply), Gun, or Gu (Gu refers to an autonomous Gu; hereinafter the same shall apply) after hearing opinions of interested persons, including local residents; and submit it to the relevant Mayor/Do Governor after undergoing deliberation by the regional social security consultative body established under Article 41 and reporting to the council of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu (in cases of reporting, excluding the head of an administrative Si established under the Special Act on the Establishment of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and the Development of Free International City). <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017>

(3) A Mayor/Do Governor (excluding a Special Self-Governing City Mayor) shall develop a regional social security plan for the relevant Special Metropolitan City, Metropolitan City, Do, or Special Self-Governing Province, which shall include matters related to support for the relevant Si/Gun/Gu regional social security plan submitted under paragraph (2). <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017>

(4) A Special Self-Governing City Mayor shall formulate a regional social security plan by hearing opinions of interested persons, including local residents, etc. <Added on Mar. 21, 2017>

(5) A Mayor/Do Governor shall submit a regional social security plan prescribed in paragraphs (3) and (4) to the Minister of Health and Welfare after undergoing deliberation by the relevant City/Do Social Security Committee established under Article 40 and reporting to the council of the relevant City/Do. In such cases, the Minister of Health and Welfare shall report the submitted plan to the Social Security Committee. <Added on Mar. 21, 2017; Jul. 27, 2021>

(6) A Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may, when it is deemed necessary in formulating a regional social security plan, request provision of data or information and cooperation of institutions, corporations, organizations, or facilities related to social security. <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017>

(7) The head of a livelihood security agency may conduct necessary surveys concerning the actual conditions of social security in a region, local residents’ perception of social security, and so forth (hereinafter referred to as "regional social security surveys") in order to formulate, support, etc. a regional social security plan, and a Mayor/Do Governor and the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may reflect the result of a regional social security survey when he or she formulates a regional social security plan. <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017>

(8) Where contents of a regional social security plan constitute any of the grounds prescribed Presidential Decree, the Minister of Health and Welfare and a Mayor/Do Governor may recommend that a relevant Mayor/Do Governor and the head of a relevant Si/Gun/Gu to adjust the relevant regional social security plan, respectively. In such cases, the Minister of Health and Welfare may hear the opinions of the heads of relevant central administrative agencies. <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017>

(9) Matters necessary for the formulation of a regional social security plan, and the timing, methods, etc. for conducting a regional social security survey shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017>

Article 36( Contents of regional social security plans ) #

(1) A Si/Gun/Gu regional social security plan under Article 35 ( 2 ) shall include the following matters: <Amended on Dec. 11, 2018>

1. Demand estimation for, goals of, and implementation strategies for regional social security;

2. Establishment of indicators for checking goals of regional social security (hereinafter referred to as "regional social security indicators") and their targets;

3. Promotion strategies for each field of regional social security, key promotion projects, and plans for linkage and cooperation;

4. Organization and operation of a regional social security delivery system;

5. Identification of blind spots in the provision of social security benefits, and a plan for support;

6. Scale of financial resources needed for regional social security, and a plan for their procurement;

7. Plan for the gathering and management of statistics related to regional social security;

8. The actual status of unlawful receipt of social security benefits in the region and preventive measures;

9. Other matters determined by Presidential Decree.

(2) A regional social security plan of a relevant Special Metropolitan City, Metropolitan City, Do, or Special Self-Governing Province under Article 35 ( 3 ) shall include the following matters: <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017; Dec. 11, 2018>

1. Goals and strategies for supporting the balanced and effective implementation of social security in a Si/Gun/Gu;

2. Establishment of regional social security indicators, and their targets;

3. Plans for establishing infrastructure for the effective use and provision of social security benefits in a Si/Gun/Gu;

4. Plans for nurturing human resources to be in charge of social security benefits in a Si/Gun/Gu and for improving their professionalism;

5. Plans for collecting and managing statistical data related to regional social security;

6. Plans for supporting the measures for preventing unlawful receipt of social security benefits in a Si/Gun/Gu;

7. Other matters necessary to promote regional social security.

(3) A regional social security plan for a Special Self-Governing City under Article 35 ( 4 ) shall include the following matters: <Added on Mar. 21, 2017>

1. The matters specified in paragraph (1);

2. Measures for establishing the foundation for the effective use and provision of social security benefits;

3. Measures for nurturing human resources to be in charge of social security benefits and for enhancing their professionalism;

4. Other matters necessary to promote regional social security.

Article 40( City/do social security committee ) #

(1) A Mayor/Do Governor shall establish a City/Do Social Security Committee for the enhancement of social security in a City/Do.

(2) A City/Do Social Security Committee shall deliberate and render advice on the following matters: <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017>

1. Matters related to the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of a City/Do regional social security plan;

2. Matters related to a City/Do regional social security survey and regional social security indicators;

3. Matters related to the provision of social security benefits in a City/Do;

4. Important matters related to the promotion of social security in a City/Do;

5. Matters related to the composition and operation of a community social security consultative body at Eup/Myeon/Dong level prescribed in Article 41 ( 7 ) (limited to a Special Self-Governing City);

6. Matters related to strengthening the linkage and cooperation with the related institutions, corporations, organizations, and facilities that provide social security-related services (limited to a Special Self-Governing City);

7. Other matters deemed necessary by the Chairperson.

(3) A City/Do Social Security Committee shall be comprised of persons appointed or commissioned by a Mayor/Do Governor from among the following persons: <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017>

1. Persons with professional knowledge about or experience in the field of social security;

2. Representatives of social security-related institutions or organizations;

3. Persons who represent the interests, etc. of individuals in need of social security services;

4. Representatives of regional social security consultative bodies established under Article 41 ( 3 );

5. Persons recommended by non-profit, non-governmental organizations defined in Article 2 of the Assistance for Non-Profit, Non-Governmental Organizations Act;

6. A person recommended by the Community Chest of Korea prescribed in Article 14 of the Community Chest of Korea Act.

7. The chairperson of a community social security consultative body at Eup/Myeon/Dong level under Article 41 ( 7 ) (limited to a Special Self-Governing City; and where there are co-chairpersons, it refers to the co-chairperson elected from among civil members);

8. Public officials in charge of the affairs related social security.

(4) None of the following persons shall become a member of a City/Do Social Security Committee: <Amended on Dec. 11, 2018; Dec. 20, 2024>

1. A minor;

2. A person under adult guardianship;

3. A person who was declared bankrupt and has not been reinstated;

4. Any person who is disqualified, or whose qualification is suspended according to a court ruling;

5. A person for whom three years have not passed since imprisonment without prison labor or heavier punishment as declared by a court was completely executed (or is deemed completely executed) or exempted;

6. A person who is subject to suspension of execution of imprisonment without labor or heavier punishment declared by a court;

7. Notwithstanding subparagraphs 5 and 6, any of the following persons who has committed an offense provided for in Article 71 of the Child Welfare Act, Articles 40 through 42 of the Subsidy Management Act, or Chapter XXVIII or XL (excluding Article 360) of the Criminal Act, or who has violated this Act, in relation to social welfare programs as defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Social Welfare Services Act (hereinafter referred to as "social welfare programs") or the duties related thereto:

(a) A person who is sentenced to a fine exceeding one million won and for whom five years have not passed after the punishment is declared final and conclusive;

(b) A person sentenced to the suspension of the execution of imprisonment without labor or greater punishment, and in whose case seven years have not yet passed since the suspension period of the execution;

(c) A person in whose case seven years have not passed since his or her imprisonment without labor or greater punishment declared by a court was completely executed (including where such execution is deemed completed) or since he or she was exempted from the sentence;

8. Notwithstanding subparagraphs 5 through 7, a person sentenced to punishment, or to medical treatment and custody, for a sexual crime defined in Article 2 of the Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes or for a sexual crime against a child or youth as defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Act on the Protection of Children and Youth against Sex Offenses, and in whose case 10 years have not yet passed since such punishment or medical treatment and custody was wholly or partially executed (including cases deemed completely executed) or the execution was suspended or exempted after the ruling on such punishment or medical treatment and custody became final.

(5) The head of a livelihood security agency may grant a subsidy to help with the expenses required for the efficient operation of a City/Do Social Security Committee. <Added on Apr. 7, 2020>

(6) Matters necessary for the organization and operation of a City/Do Social Security Committee shall be prescribed by ordinance of the relevant City/Do, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. <Amended on Apr. 7, 2020>

Article 41( Regional social security consultative bodies ) #

(1) The head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall establish a regional social security consultative body in the relevant Si/Gun/Gu in order to enhance regional social security and to promote the linkage and cooperation with the relevant institutions, corporations, organizations or facilities that provide social security-related services.

(2) A regional social security consultative body shall deliberate and render advice on the following:

1. Matters related to the establishment, implementation and evaluation of a Si/Gun/Gu regional social security plan;

2. Matters related to a Si/Gun/Gu regional social security survey and regional social security indicators;

3. Matters related to the provision of social security benefits in a Si/Gun/Gu;

4. Matters related to the promotion of social security in a Si/Gun/Gu;

5. Matters related to the composition and operation of a community social security consultative body at Eup/Myeon/Dong level;

6. Other matters deemed necessary by the Chairperson.

(3) The members of a regional social security consultative body shall be appointed or commissioned by the head of a Si/Gun/Gu from among the following persons; provided, no person falling under Article 40 ( 4 ) shall become a member: <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017>

1. Persons with extensive knowledge about and experience in the field of social security;

2. Representatives of institutions, corporations, organizations, or facilities that conduct social security activities or provide social security services locally;

3. Persons recommended by non-profit, non-governmental organizations defined in Article 2 of the Assistance for Non-Profit, Non-Governmental Organizations Act;

4. The chairperson of a community social security consultative body at Eup/Myeon/Dong level under paragraph (7) (where there are co-chairpersons, it refers to the co-chairperson elected from among civil members);

5. Public officials in charge of the affairs related social security.

(4) In order to efficiently perform the affairs of a regional social security consultative body, a working-level consultative body shall be established as a subordinate organ of a regional social security consultative body.

(5) The head of a livelihood security agency may provide human and financial resources, including operating expenses, to a regional social security agency to facilitate efficient operation thereof.

(6) Matters necessary for the organization and operation of a regional social security consultative body and a working-level consultative body, other than those prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (5), shall be prescribed by ordinance of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu (referring to ordinance of the relevant Special Self-Governing Province in the case of an administrative Si prescribed in Article 10 ( 2 ) of the Special Act on the Establishment of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and the Development of Free International City; hereinafter the same shall apply), as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017>

(7) In order to efficiently conduct affairs related to social security in each Eup/Myeon/Dong based on the unit of Eup/Myeon/Dong, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor and the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall establish a community social security consultative body at Eup/Myeon/Dong level in the relevant Eup/Myeon/Dong. <Added on Mar. 21, 2017>

(8) Matters necessary to organize and operate a community social security consultative body at Eup/Myeon/Dong level under paragraph (7) shall be prescribed by municipal ordinance of the relevant Special Self-Governing City or Si/Gun/Gu, as prescribed by Ministerial Decree of the Health and Welfare. <Added on Mar. 21, 2017>

ACT ON THE USE AND PROVISION OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND SEARCH FOR ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES

Article 1( Purpose ) #

Article 2( Definitions ) #

Article 3( Relationship to other statutes ) #

Article 4( Basic principles ) #

Article 5( Application for social security benefits ) #

Article 6( Investigation of demand for social security services ) #

Article 7( Investigation of eligibility ) #

Article 7-2(Assignment of computerized social security management numbers) #

Article 8( Provision of financial information ) #

Article 9( Determination of provision of social security benefits ) #

Article 9-2(Search for households in critical situations) #

Article 10( Provision and publicity of data or information ) #

Article 11( Request for cooperation, including sharing of information ) #

Article 12( Management of data or information ) #

Article 12-2(Investigation for search and inspection of actual status) #

Article 13( Obligation to report upon finding persons in need of support ) #

Article 14( Public-private cooperation ) #

Article 15( Formulation and implementation of support plans ) #

Article 16( Consultation, guidance, or requests for eligible beneficiaries ) #

Article 17( Filing of objection ) #

Article 18( Support for protectors of eligible beneficiaries ) #

Article 19( Investigation for verifying appropriateness of social security benefits ) #

Article 19-2(Fact-finding survey of unlawful receipt of social security benefits) #

Article 20( Report on changes by beneficiaries ) #

Article 21( Modification or suspension of social security benefits ) #

Article 22( Recovery of social security benefits ) #

Article 22-2(Guidance on Customized Benefits) #

Article 23( Management of social security information ) #

Article 24( Use of social security information system, and relevant matters ) #

Article 24-2(Establishment and operation of social services information system) #

Article 25( Establishment of public portal and relevant matters ) #

Article 26( Maintenance of accuracy of social security information ) #

Article 27( Standardization of social security information ) #

Article 28( Consultation on and adjustment of social security information ) #

Article 29( Korea social security information service ) #

Article 30( Establishment and implementation of measures for protecting social security information ) #

Article 31( Prohibition of infringement in relation to social security information ) #

Article 31-2(Education on protection of social security information) #

Article 32( Measures for restoration of social security information system ) #

Article 33( Demand for correction of infringement in relation to social security information ) #

Article 34( Destruction of social security information ) #

Article 35( Formulation of plans for regional social security ) #

Article 36( Contents of regional social security plans ) #

Article 37( Implementation of regional social security plans ) #

Article 38( Modification of regional social security plans ) #

Article 39( Evaluation of implementation results of regional social security plans ) #

Article 40( City/do social security committee ) #

Article 40-2(Separate sentence of punishment of fines) #

Article 41( Regional social security consultative bodies ) #

Article 42( Organizations exclusively in charge of social security affairs ) #

Article 42-2(Integrated case management) #

Article 43( Public officials exclusively in charge of social welfare ) #

Article 44 #

Article 45( Even development of regional social security ) #

Article 46( Support center for even development of regional social security ) #

Article 47( Assistance to local governments ) #

Article 48( Operation of social security special support zones ) #

Article 49( Obligation of confidentiality ) #

Article 50( Prohibition of seizure of social security benefits ) #

Article 51( Delegation and entrustment of authority ) #

Article 52( Support with human resources and subsidization of expenses at time of delegation or entrustment ) #

Article 53( Accusation and request for disciplinary actions ) #

Article 53-2(Payment of monetary awards for reports) #

Article 54( Penalty provisions ) #

Article 55( Administrative fines ) #