a. The child is the child of an insured person who is a resident of Israel, or the child of someone who was insured and died while he was a resident of Israel.
A new immigrant child who immigrated without his parents - provided that he immigrated with a guardian or other family member who is one of the following: his sibling, his grandmother or grandfather, or the child of any of the above.
b. The child is living in Israel
If the child is living abroad, the National Insurance Institute will continue to pay him the benefit for 6 months if, during the two months (or more) immediately before he went abroad, he was entitled to the benefit. If he went abroad for the purpose of medical treatment or because one of his parents was sent abroad by an Israeli employer, the National Insurance Institute is entitled, at its discretion, to continue paying him the benefit up to 24 months (from the month in which he went abroad).
c. The child is not living with a foster family or in an institution in dormitory conditions in which therapeutic, nursing or rehabilitation services are provided.
A child who is living in an institution, whose parents are bearing all the expenses of his maintenance in the institution, is entitled to the benefit. The parents must notify the National Insurance Institute if the child is placed in an institution or with a foster family.
d. Someone who is receiving benefits under the agreement regarding the mobility allowance is entitled to a benefit for a disabled child only if his mobility is limited by at least 80%, or he requires a wheelchair and uses it.
A family that has two or more children with mobility disorders may be entitled to both a benefit for a disabled child and a mobility allowance for each one of the children, in accordance with the rules of entitlement shown above.
A family that has two or more disabled children is entitled to a benefit for a disabled child at an increased rate for each one of the children. The increment for each child is 50% above the rate due, according to the table of benefit rates.
A family that has two disabled children and is receiving a benefit for a disabled child for only one of the children is entitled to a larger benefit if the second child is not entitled a benefit for one of the following reasons:
1. He is living in an institution or in another arrangement outside the home.
2. He is over the age of 18 and he received a benefit until he reached the age of 18.