Ministry of Finance: further improve the financial security of the new crown epidemic prevention and control, and effectively strengthen the management of prevention and control funds

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Provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, municipalities with separate plans, the Finance Department (Bureau), the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Finance Bureau.

Since the occurrence of the new crown epidemic, financial departments at all levels to conscientiously implement the spirit of the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, in accordance with the Party Central Committee, the State Council unified deployment, adhere to the responsibility to guard the land, guard the land to do their duty, increase the epidemic prevention and control funding to ensure that the people are not afraid to go to the doctor because of concerns about the cost, to ensure that around the financial problems do not affect medical treatment and prevention and control of the epidemic, and has achieved positive results. To further do a good job in the new phase of the epidemic prevention and control funding security, and effectively strengthen the management of prevention and control funds, the relevant matters are now notified as follows.

First, raise the political stance, the implementation of the main responsibility

Financial departments at all levels to effectively raise the political stance, to further enhance support for the work of prevention and control of the epidemic sense of mission and responsibility, to unify thoughts and actions to the spirit of the important instructions and instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the decision and deployment of the Party Central Committee. Accurately grasp the epidemic prevention and control into the new stage of the situation changes, always adhere to the people first, life first, based on the responsibilities of the financial sector, carry the political responsibility, adhere to the problem-oriented, strengthen the bottom line thinking, and strive to achieve more detailed work arrangements, more comprehensive policies and measures, more secure funding, more standardized funding management, efficient and coordinated to do the work, and effectively perform the implementation of funding security, strengthen funding management The function.

Second, based on financial responsibilities, to do a good job of financial security

In accordance with the general requirements of “health protection and prevention of serious illnesses”, we should increase the investment in epidemic prevention and control, focusing on subsidies for patient treatment costs, temporary work subsidies for medical staff, vaccines and inoculations, and expenditures required to enhance medical treatment capabilities. Further strengthen investment in medical resource construction, focusing on strengthening the construction of medical resources for critical and infectious diseases in county hospitals, and doing a good job of horizontal coordination and expansion of resources for emergency medical care and critical care in rural areas. Support local use of general government bonds, the issuance of special government bonds for the construction of eligible projects in the field of health care, make adequate medical treatment, especially critical care response preparations, and focus on protecting the needs of the public to see a doctor, to maximize the protection of people’s lives and physical health. The central financial authorities in accordance with the relevant national regulations to local patients treatment, medical staff temporary work subsidies, vaccines and inoculations to subsidize. For localities to enhance the ability to save serious illnesses and other expenses undertaken in the arrangement of relevant financial subsidies to give integrated consideration. Provincial and municipal financial departments should give full consideration to the needs of the grassroots, especially in rural areas epidemic prevention and control expenditures, and increase transfer payments for epidemic prevention and control in financially difficult counties and districts.

Financial departments at all levels should strengthen the overall planning, further optimize the structure of financial expenditures, raise funds through multiple channels, vigorously revitalize the financial stock of funds, organize the dispatch of funds in an orderly and standardized manner, and focus on protecting the necessary expenditures for the prevention and control of the epidemic. Adapt to the current emergency needs, improve the efficiency of the use of central and local financial funds, optimize the allocation process of financial funds, establish and improve the epidemic prevention materials, medical supplies and other urgent resources government procurement “green channel”, never because of funding issues affect the prevention and control of the epidemic. In line with the principle of urgency, special matters, for the hospital subsidy funds have been clarified, to be allocated in place by the deadline, arrears to be allocated as soon as possible to help hospitals to relieve difficulties and ensure normal operation; the need for emergency allocation of assets, simplify the allocation approval process, after fulfilling the necessary internal procedures, fast and efficient allocation, coordinated deployment and use.

Third, strengthen departmental coordination to ensure that the policy is implemented

Financial departments at all levels should strengthen communication and coordination with relevant business authorities, establish a working mechanism, respond to the concerns of all parties in a timely and effective manner, and implement policies such as patient care, temporary work subsidies for medical personnel and vaccinations to ensure the orderly convergence of relevant policies and smooth transition. To cooperate with medical security, health and other departments to further improve the settlement process of patient treatment costs, accurate accounting of medical insurance payments and financial subsidies to ensure that the implementation of financial subsidies for patient treatment costs policy in place. To cooperate with human resources, social security, health and other departments, to strengthen the temporary work of medical personnel subsidy funds issued by the management, refining the work plan to ensure that the policy measures to care for medical personnel into practice. For the review of the medical staff temporary work subsidy funds, the financial sector at the same level should be timely disbursement of monthly. At the same time, continue to do a good job of financial subsidies for vaccines and vaccination costs borne by the health insurance fund to allocate funds, and further accelerate the progress of fund allocation to effectively protect the vaccine funding needs.

Fourth, serious financial discipline, strengthen the supervision of funds

Financial departments at all levels should fully understand the significance of supporting the prevention and control of the epidemic, managing and using the prevention and control funds well, effectively ensuring that financial funds are disbursed well and quickly, and used safely and compliantly to ensure that the epidemic prevention and control subsidy policy is really put into practice. To serious financial brokerage, strengthen the prior, during and after the supervision, supervise and guide the relevant departments to standardize the financial management and accounting of epidemic prevention and control funds, to ensure that funds are earmarked for the exclusive use of any place shall not be retained without authorization, squeeze, misappropriation or change the use of funds. The Ministry of Finance’s local supervisory bureaus should do a good job of tracking the funds and conduct spot checks when necessary. Misappropriation, retention and misappropriation, false claims, illegal distribution, according to discipline and law to seriously investigate the responsibility of the relevant personnel.

Ministry of Finance

January 13, 2023