The following persons may apply for relevant medical assistance: (1) family members with minimum living guarantee; (2) Helpless dependents; (3) Other persons with special difficulties as stipulated by the people's governments at or above the county level. Medical assistance takes the following forms: (1) subsidizing the individual contributions of recipients who participate in the basic medical insurance for urban residents or the new rural cooperative medical system; (two) to subsidize the basic medical expenses that individuals and their families can not afford after the basic medical insurance, serious illness insurance and other supplementary medical insurance are paid. The standard of medical assistance shall be determined and published by the people's governments at or above the county level according to the level of economic and social development and the situation of medical assistance funds. The application for medical assistance shall be submitted to the township people's government and sub-district offices, and approved by the civil affairs department of the people's government at the county level after examination and publicity. Medical assistance for family members of the minimum living guarantee and destitute dependents shall be directly handled by the civil affairs department of the people's government at the county level. The people's governments at or above the county level shall establish and improve the medical expenses settlement mechanism linking medical assistance with basic medical insurance and serious illness insurance, and provide convenient services for medical assistance recipients. The state establishes a system of emergency medical assistance for diseases, and provides assistance to patients who need first aid but whose identity is unknown or who cannot afford to pay for it. In accordance with the provisions of the first aid expenses paid by the disease emergency relief fund. The disease emergency rescue system should be connected with other medical security systems.