SJM/Norms relaxed, residents of registered homes for the mentally ill to be enrolled under CMCHIS

All inmates of registered homes for the mentally ill will be enrolled under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS) without requiring the mandated ration card and income certificate.

Issuing an order to this effect, the State government permitted the Project Director of Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project (TNHSP) to enrol all inmates in registered homes under CMCHIS without the mandated ration card and income certificate, subject to satisfying the criteria prescribed in Government Order 16 dated January 8, 2022 [on continuation of implementing CMCHIS with effect from January 11, 2022 to January 10, 2027 through United India Insurance Company at a premium of Rs. 849 per family per annum].