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Welfare system and health care

Contact persons are available to inform you about health issues.

Preventive medicine at the UT

If you have health problems or a specific question about a health problem, you can contact, as university staff, the prevention doctor .

The prevention doctor is responsible for the medical surveillance of staff.

The frequency of medical examinations is determined by the prevention doctor, taking into account the regulatory obligations.

Some staff must undergo special medical surveillance at least once a year:

Staff with disabilities,
Pregnant women,
Staff reinstated after sick leave or long-term leave,
Staff working in jobs with particular occupational hazards,
Staff suffering from particular pathologies as determined by the Prevention Doctor.

Health coverage in France

In France, every employee who receives a salary from their employer, and who has signed an employment contract, contributes to the national social system: for social security, for unemployment and for retirement. This has been the case since the first day of your employment contract, but you must register or update your situation with the social security system as soon as you start your professional activity.

The affiliation procedure can sometimes be lengthy, and it is strongly advised to arrive in France with insurance covering you for the first few months of your stay.

The body in charge of health insurance in France is the Primary Health Insurance Fund (CPAM). To join the social security system, i.e. to be reimbursed for medical expenses, you must contact the CPAM of your department of residence 37/41 (Indre-et-Loire/Loir-et-Cher) or CPAM Paris 75 depending on your situation.

Social security reimburses part of the costs of health care (doctors, medicines, surgical procedures). For more information on the reimbursement of expenses: https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/N418 (link in French)

It is often necessary to take out a "complementary" insurance policy, i.e. an insurance policy to be paid monthly, which will supplement and therefore better reimburse the costs of health care with different rates for glasses or dental care.

YOU ARE EMPLOYEE AT the UT – you have a visa/residence permit Talent Pass Researcher

If you are a national of a country outside the European Union and you have a "talent passport - researcher" visa/title, all your formalities must be carried out with the CPAM in Paris.

As soon as you arrive, you must apply for health insurance rights at the Paris CPAM.

You can download the health insurance application form below: www.formulaires.service-public.fr/gf/cerfa_15763.do 2

Your application should be sent to the following address

CPAM PARIS/SRI TALENTS, 75948 PARIS Cedex 19

CONSTITUTION OF THE FILE

The following documents must be sent to CPAM Paris;

Application form for entitlement to health insurance below: www.formulaires.service-public.fr/gf/cerfa_15763.do 2
a copy of your passport: page(s) with your identity and validity dates
a copy of your "talent passport: researcher" residence permit OR your "researcher" long-stay visa.
a copy of your birth certificate with filiation

Birth certificates in Albanian, Czech, Danish, Croatian, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish and Swedish are admissible.

If not, it will have to be translated # by a sworn translator

a copy of your Hosting Agreement
a copy of your employment contract
a copy of proof of address: lease agreement, energy/water/telephone bill, home insurance, certificate of residence.
your bank details (RIB) at your current address

As soon as it receives your file, the CPAM will assign you an insurance number and send you a "certificate of entitlement" within a month.

This certificate must be presented to health professionals in order to receive partial reimbursement of your expenses.

Within approximately 3 months, you will be able to receive your Carte Vitale (Health Card), which dematerialises your certificate of entitlement and allows electronic monitoring of your health reimbursements.

You will also have to declare an attending physician by means of a form sent to you directly by the CPAM.

Researcher's family

The procedure is the same for your spouse and your adult children (aged 18 or over), who must also compile a file and send it, together with the same supporting documents, to the Paris CPAM.

FOCUS: For children under 18 years of age, the application form for the attachment of children to one or both insured parents must be completed - cerfa 14445*02 www.formulaires.service-public.fr/gf/cerfa_14445.do

For each child, the following documentation must be sent:

1. A copy of the identity page of the passport with the validity dates

2. A copy of the birth certificate with filiation and translation if required

YOU ARE EMPLOYEE AT the UT – you are a national of the European Union or Algerian

If you are a salaried European researcher or doctoral student, all your formalities must be carried out with the CPAM of your place of residence (e.g.: Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher).

As soon as you arrive, you must apply for health insurance rights at the CPAM in your place of residence.

You must fill in the application form for the opening of health insurance rights – cerfa 15762*2 www.formulaires.service-public.fr/gf/cerfa_15763.do

If you live in Tours, your application should be sent to the following address:

CPAM Indre-et Loire, 36 Rue Édouard Vaillant, 37000 Tours

CONSTITUTION OF THE FILE

The following documents must be sent to the CPAM of your residence;

a copy of your passport: page(s) with your identity and validity dates
for Algerian researchers, a copy of your "scientist-researcher" residence certificate
a copy of your birth certificate with filiation.
a copy of your Hosting Agreement
a copy of your employment contract or a researcher's pay slip
a copy of proof of address: lease agreement, energy/water/telephone bill, home insurance
your bank details (RIB) at your current address with the name of the researcher.

As soon as it receives your file, the CPAM will assign you an insurance number and send you a "certificate of entitlement" within a month.

This certificate must be presented to health professionals in order to receive partial reimbursement of your expenses.

Researcher's family

Spouses of employed European scientists and their children are also eligible for membership. They will also have to apply to the CPAM of your place of residence for health insurance rights.

For each child, the following documentation must be provided:

1. A copy of the identity page of the passport with the validity dates

2. A copy of the birth certificate with filiation and translation if required

YOU ARE NOT EMPLOYED IN FRANCE

You are not employed in France.
You are coming to do research in France, and you are not employed in France.
You have a grant, funding other than a French salary, per diems and you are not registered as a student in a French institution.
You cannot now automatically claim integration into the French social security system.
Check with the health organisation in your usual country of residence. This organisation should be able to inform you of your coverage abroad (see bilateral agreement between states, European Health Insurance Card, etc.)

YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN FRANCE

Have you already been in France for your studies/research and have now been newly recruited at the University of Tours?
You will need to request an update of your rights as a researcher.
To do this, you must contact the CPAM or update your situation on the Ameli website. You will be asked to provide some supporting documents: a bank statement, a copy of your passport and residence permit, a copy of your employment contact.

AFTER REGISTRATION

Once registered, be sure to open your personal account on www.ameli.fr to make it easier for you to do things like order your Carte Vitale (Health Card), declare a change in your personal situation (address, email,...)