The Directorate of Public Relations at the National Social Security Fund announced in a statement that, given the exceptional difficult circumstances that Lebanon is going through, and the resulting internal displacement of our people in the south, the Bekaa, and the southern suburbs of Beirut, the Fund’s management continues to bear its national and social responsibilities towards the displaced insured, and to take exceptional measures and procedures to ensure that their benefit from its benefits, especially health ones, is not interrupted.
Accordingly, and based on the Fund’s Board of Directors’ Decision No. 1473 taken at its 1148th session on 3/6/2026, the Fund’s Director General, Dr. Muhammad Karaki, a media memorandum dated 3/6/2026 bearing the number 826, pursuant to which it was decided to facilitate the transactions of the displaced persons, especially to obtain hospital approvals, as follows:
– In the event that it is not possible to bring work certificates, the displaced insured are allowed to benefit from sickness and maternity insurance benefits, provided that they sign a pledge to submit them as soon as the situation stabilizes.
– Accepting identification documents, such as registration papers and IDs, regardless of the date of their issuance.
Acceptance of any document proving the continuation of the education of the sponsored children is the responsibility of their families, provided that certified school and university transcripts are provided as soon as the situation stabilizes.
– Extending the effectiveness of all expired social investigations (agency investigation, social investigation for spouse, parent, children), until June 30, 2026.
– Accepting prior or delayed hospital approvals for medical and hospital work, including dialysis sessions, whose issuance date exceeds one month and does not exceed a period of 6 months, without the need for prior approval from the Directorate of Disease and Maternity.
– Exceptionally allowing the issuance of more than one approval for dialysis during the same month in the event of receiving treatment in more than one hospital, provided that follow-up occurs later to confirm the number of sessions performed.
Karaki also directed the heads of the centers and employees to prepare lists of the names of the displaced beneficiaries who benefited from these facilities, and send them monthly to the Directorate of Sickness and Maternity to follow up on completing the files after the security situation stabilizes. He stressed that the Fund has repeatedly proven its ability to withstand and continue performing its tasks, especially since the beginning of the crisis in the year 2019, through the various difficult crises that Lebanon has witnessed, based on its firm commitment to protecting the beneficiaries and preserving their right to health and social care.
