West Bengal Health Scheme is to provide Medical Benefits to the State Government Employees and their dependent family members, State Government Pensioners.
All Head of the offices under Govt. of West Bengal have the financial power for sanctioning the reimbursement cost of medical attendance and treatment under West Bengal Health Scheme (WBHS).
Introduction of online functionality for seeking prior permission of availing treatment in Enlisted Hospitals outside the State through West Bengal Health Scheme Portal.
Training on processing & disbursement of reimbursement claim under West Bengal Health Scheme on ONLINE platform through WBHS and WBIFMS Portal.
Governor is pleased to prescribe the entitlement of accommodation for indoor treatment in different Hospitals including the Government Hospitals and Tata Medical Centre, Rajarhat to the beneficiaries under WBHS after ROPA-2019
Governor is pleased to implement ONLINE functionality for discontinuation of Medical Allowance/ Relief from the Salary/Pension of the enrolled employee and pensioner with the following directives:
The facility shall be restricted only for the treatment of one or more diseases/ illness mentioned in the Enrolment Certificate out of the above mentioned critical diseases/ illness.
Introduction of online functionality for Opt-out and Termination of enrolment from West Bengal Health Scheme through WBHS Portal.
Online processing of reimbursement claims through WBHS Portal and making payments thereof under WBIFMS in integrated web mode was under active consideration for some time past. And, in order to make the ONLINE processing of these claim more comprehensively, the existing claim Forms also modified.
Teachers including Librarians and Graduate Laboratory Instructors of the College of Medicine and JNM Hospital, Kalyani and Officers of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences, Salt Lake and the family members.
For permanent Teachers/ Officers and their dependent family members of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV) and Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya (UBKV) and College of Agriculture under both Universities.