Right to a personal disability allowance

For persons without their own source of income, the disability allowance amounts to 232.26 EUR (350 percent of the base amount)

The right to a personal disability allowance is granted to a child or an adult who has been diagnosed with level 4 severity of disability - functional impairment in accordance with regulation on expert assessments and methodologies of expert assessments, with the aim of enabling them to meet their basic needs for participating in the everyday life of their communities.

The right to a personal disability allowance is granted in the amount which represents 350% of the base amount 232.26 EUR.

The following persons are not entitled to a personal disability allowance:
  • persons whose right to accommodation services or organised housing has been recognised in accordance with the Act or other regulations
  • persons receiving a personal disability allowance under other regulations
  • persons entitled to a care and assistance allowance pursuant to the Social Welfare Act or regulations.

Exercising of rights 

A potential beneficiary has to submit an application to the competent social welfare centre by 31 December 2022, and as of 1 January 2023 to the Croatian Social Welfare Institute. They are then sent to evaluation at the Institute for Expert Evaluation, Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of People with Disabilities. The right is exercised pursuant to a decision of the competent social welfare institute in the beneficiary’s place of permanent residence. The right is recognised from the date the application was submitted or the procedure was initiated ex officio

Suspension of the right to a personal disability allowance 

The right to a personal disability allowance is suspended for a beneficiary of such right should they reside abroad for more than six months without interruption.
Payment of the personal disability allowance is suspended based on a decision on the suspension of the right to a personal disability allowance.
The decision on the end of the suspension of the right to a personal disability allowance is also employed to reinstate the payment of the personal disability allowance once the circumstances that led to the suspension cease to exist.