A:

National health insurance status of inmates at correctional facilities:

1.Inmates classified under Category 4, Item 3 (the Ministry of Justice will subsidize the premiums): For prisoners serving sentence, individuals receiving rehab (detoxification)  treatment, people subjected to compulsory labor, juvenile receiving reformatory education and individuals subjected to compulsory rehab (detoxification) treatment pursuant to Article 91-1 of the Criminal Code who have been at a correctional facility for more than two months, their NHI premiums will be paid fully by the central corrections authority. 

2.Inmates not classified under Category 4, Item 3 (need to pay NHI premiums on their own):Defendants, rehab inmates under observation, juvenile inmates held at juvenile  detention houses, civil detainees and prisoners whose sentence is less than two months. 

3.Inmates who are not eligible to enroll in NHI: Domestic inmates who do not meet the provisions of Article 8 and foreign inmates who do not meet the provisions of Article 9 of the National Health Insurance Act.  However foreign inmates who have obtained resident  permits and have resided in Taiwan for 6 months or longer (based on the data of National Immigration Agency) are eligible to enroll in NHI.