Key legal question
Whether the insurer’s request for a state contribution to out-of-canton hospital costs was submitted in time under § 7 VO.
Extracted holding
The request had to be filed before the planned hospital admission; a post-treatment filing causes forfeiture of the claim.
Extracted reasoning
§ 7(1) VO serves not only orderly procedure but prior verification of the substantive conditions for the subsidy. Because the application was filed months after discharge, the statutory condition of prior filing was not met and the claim lapsed.