Personal budget

The personal budget (pgb) is an amount you can spend yourself on Health or support. For example, you choose who you hire for help with housekeeping. This can be a professional, but also a neighbor or a family member. With a pgb you can also buy a stair elevator or mobility scooter other than the one provided by the municipality. Or you can use a pgb to purchase youth assistance.

There are 4 types of pgb, for Health and support from:

• youth aid
• Social Support Act (Wmo).
• Long-term Health Act (Wlz).
• Health Insurance Act (Zvw).

You will not receive the contribution in your bank account. So you do not pay the caregivers yourself. You instruct the Social Insurance Bank (SVB) to pay your health care providers. You must keep your own records of the Health you have purchased. The SVB pays health care providers based on an invoice, timesheet or monthly payment.

You can also use the personal budget (pgb) to purchase Health in other EU countries.

Requirements for applying for a personal budget (pgb) include:

• You are registered with a Dutch municipality.
• You are pgb-capable. This means, for example, that you know what Health you need. And how to make good arrangements with a health care provider. You can also keep records. 

  In doing so, you may ask for help from someone close to you or a formal representative. You can read more about it on the Rijksoverheids site.

Note: When granting a personal budget, the municipality will ask for a Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) from the caregiver.