Asylum Act
(AsylA)

¹ Health in­sur­ance for asylum seekers and per­sons in need of pro­tec­tion without a res­id­ence per­mit must be ar­ranged in ac­cord­ance with the pro­vi­sions of the Fed­er­al Act of 18 March 1994²¹⁵ on Health In­sur­ance (HIA), sub­ject to the fol­low­ing pro­vi­sions.

² The can­tons may lim­it the choice of in­surers for asylum seekers and per­sons in need of pro­tec­tion without a res­id­ence per­mit and may spe­cify one or more in­surers who of­fer a spe­cial form of in­sur­ance in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 41 para­graph 4 HIA.

³ They may lim­it the choice of ser­vice pro­viders for asylum seekers and per­sons in need of pro­tec­tion without a res­id­ence per­mit in ac­cord­ance with Art­icles 36–40 HIA. They may do this be­fore des­ig­nat­ing an in­surer in terms of para­graph 2.

⁴ They may lim­it the choice for asylum seekers and per­sons in need of pro­tec­tion without a res­id­ence per­mit des­ig­nate to one or more in­surers who of­fer in­sur­ance with a lim­ited se­lec­tion of ser­vice pro­viders in terms of Art­icle 41 para­graph 4 HIA.

⁵ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall reg­u­late the de­tails of the lim­it­a­tion of the choice of the ser­vice pro­viders.

⁶ The can­tons and the in­surers may agree to dis­pense with cost shar­ing in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 64 para­graph 2 HIA.

⁷ As long as asylum seekers and per­sons in need of pro­tec­tion without a res­id­ence per­mit are re­li­ant solely or partly on so­cial as­sist­ance, their right to premi­um re­duc­tions in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 65 HIA shall be sus­pen­ded. This right shall re­vive re­spect­ively when the asylum seekers are re­cog­nised as refugees, the per­sons in need of pro­tec­tion are en­titled to a res­id­ence per­mit, or the per­sons are no longer in re­ceipt of so­cial as­sist­ance.