Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) - Luxembourg (Ratification: 1964)

Part VIII (Maternity benefit), Articles 49 and 52 of the Convention. According to the report, medical care provided in the case of maternity is covered in accordance with the procedures applicable to benefits in kind under health insurance. However, in the case of hospitalization for confinement, cost-sharing in the accommodation fees (€19.44 a day) is not due for the first 12 days. The Committee understands that, with this exception, the rules for the sharing by beneficiaries in the cost of medical care both in hospital and for outpatients, are fully applicable to medical care provided in the case of pregnancy, confinement and their consequences. If that is the case, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the manner in which insured women are guaranteed free prenatal care, care during confinement and postnatal care, and hospital care where necessary, in accordance with Articles 49 and 52 of the Convention, which do not allow any sharing in the cost of such care by the beneficiary throughout the contingency.

Part XII (Common provisions), Article 69. According to the report, entitlement to health care is suspended and cash sickness benefits are not paid while the insured person is under detention. The Committee requests the Government to explain the extent to which these provisions are compatible with the limited cases in which the suspension of benefits is authorized by Article 69 of the Convention.