Subsidies for the transportation of passengers by taxi for medical and/or social purposes

What is this grant about?

Esta subvención te ayuda a pagar el taxi cuando lo necesitas por razones médicas o sociales. Es un concurso: tienes que presentar la solicitud dentro del plazo que indique el ayuntamiento y tu expediente se comparará con los demás. Cumplir los requisitos no asegura que la recibas. Puede solicitarla cualquier persona sin actividad económica que viva en Benassal y que declare no tener coche, estar temporalmente incapaz de conducir o que su permiso solo sea válido en su localidad. El dinero se entrega en efectivo y no hay que devolverlo.

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Official description of the call

Extract from Mayor's Resolution No. 2025-0587, of November 19, which calls for subsidies in the field of social services for the year 2022, through the competitive competition procedure. BDNS: 870711 First. Beneficiaries. Any person who meets the following requirements will be able to access the services for which this line of subsidies is intended, as an individualized financial benefit: a) Be registered in the municipality of Benassal. b) Demonstrate, by formalizing, before the City Council, a responsible declaration, relating to the presence of at least one of the following circumstances: - You do not have a vehicle. - Suffers from temporary incapacity, derived from his illness, to drive vehicles. - Your driving license is limited to your location or a maximum radius from your place of residence (driving license code 62). - You do not have a valid license to drive vehicles. - In one of the above circumstances, you do not have a family member or close friend who can assume your transfer, on the day and time established in the previously assigned appointment. Second. Purpose The purpose of the subsidy is to finance the discretionary free transportation service by taxi, for medical and social purposes, available to the population domiciled in Benassal, who suffers from lack of availability of their own vehicle or a valid license to drive a vehicle and who accredits their necessary assistance to any of the following medical services: a) Concerted assistance to Outpatient Clinics of Hospital Centers and Publicly Owned Medical Centers, with the exception of transportation to assumed medical services. by the Department of Universal Health and Public Health, such as medical emergencies or scheduled treatments. Assistance to privately owned Hospital Centers and Medical Centers, assigned to the exercise of Public Function, such as MUFACE, ISFAS or MUGEJU. The geographical scope of the medical taxi concession is limited to trips within the territory of the province of Castellón. Travel outside the provincial area will be subject to the assessment of the Social Services Technical Team according to the assessment parameters indicated in this protocol. b) Attendance at optometry, hearing screening and dental services, located in the municipality closest to the one of origin, in the event that they are not available in the applicant's own municipality. c) Eligible expenses for the purposes of this call will be considered those exclusively derived from the provision of discretionary rural transport services by taxi, for medical or social purposes, with reference to the period included within each financial year. Third. Regulatory bases The regulatory bases for the granting of these subsidies are contained in the specific Ordinance for the granting of subsidies, approved on March 11, 2022, and published in the Official Gazette of the Province No. 54, dated May 5, 2022. Fourth. Amount of aid. 1. There is no established maximum amount to be received by each beneficiary as long as credit is available. 2. The eligible expense will be a maximum of that established in the current rates for intercity transport, approved by the Generalitat Valenciana, as well as the waiting time, which will be calculated from a minimum of 30 minutes, from the time of the appointment until its completion. Fifth. Budget credit The total amount allocated in the Municipal Budget for the financial year 2025, to the call for aid for discretionary taxi service for people residing in the municipality of Benassal, allocated for this purpose is €3,500.00, charged to budget application 4412.48017 “Aid to individuals_Taxi transportation for medical purposes”. The subsidies will be multi-year in nature in accordance with the requirements indicated in article 57 of the Regulation of Law 38/2003, of November 17, General Subsidies approved by Royal Decree 887/2006, of July 21. Exceptionally, the call may establish, in addition to the maximum total amount within the available credits, an additional amount whose application to the granting of subsidies will not require a new call. . For the financial year 2026, the city council commits to

Issuing agency

BENASSAL — BENASSAL CITY COUNCIL

Scope

Castellón / Castelló

Category

Recipients

NATURAL PERSONS WHO DO NOT DEVELOP ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

More information

• Official BDNS portal (infosubvenciones.es) ↗
• Governing rules ↗

Deadlines

Full information

Who can apply for this grant?

• NATURAL PERSONS WHO DO NOT DEVELOP ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

The full requirements may vary. Check the governing rules and the official portal to confirm all requirements.

Financial information

Documents

• Call document in co-official language ↗
• Call document in Spanish ↗
• Subsidies for the transportation of passengers by taxi for medical and/or social purposes ↗

Governing rules

Ordinance regulating the granting of financial subsidies for the provision of occasional taxi transportation services for medical and social purposes.

Governing rules ↗