Personal budget

With a personal budget (PGB) you arrange the following yourself Health or support you need. For more information, contact the municipality or the Social Insurance Bank (SVB).

Do you have a guidance request? Discuss this with an employee of the municipality.
Perhaps the general provision of Buurtteams Heerlen is a good solution for you. If so, you do not need a PGB.

Call: 045-5604004

Rule at SVB

Approach

This is how you apply for a personal budget (pgb):

  • Go to the website of the Social Insurance Bank. Here you can see what the application for each type of pgb looks like.
Cost

You must pay a co-payment in most cases.

The CAK determines the amount of your co-payment. 

Description

The personal budget (PGB) is an amount that you can spend yourself on Health or support. For example, you choose who you hire for help in the household. This can be a professional, but also a neighbor or a family member. With a pgb, you can also buy a different stair lift or mobility scooter than you get from the municipality. Or you can buy youth care with a pgb.

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

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

You do not receive the contribution in your bank account. So you do not pay the care providers yourself. You instruct the Social Insurance Bank (SVB) to pay your care providers. You must keep the administration of the Health that you have purchased. The SVB pays health insurers on the basis of an invoice, a time sheet or a monthly payment.

You can also use the personal budget (PGB) to Health to be purchased in other EU countries.

Requirements

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

  • You are registered with a Dutch municipality.
  • You are PGB-skilled. This means, for example, that you know which Health you need. And how to make good arrangements with a healthcare provider. You can also keep an administration. 

    You may ask for help from someone in your own environment or a formal representative. You can read more about it on the website of the Rijksoverheid .

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

Learn more

Care Guide

Interest association for PGB holders

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Information on personal budget from the Social Insurance Bank

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