Italian health insurance card

The cards are printed on the front with the tax code, expiration date, biographical data, and the distinctive coat of arms of the Italian region of residence.

From 1 January 2008 legislation came into force imposing an obligation to issue the "scontrino fiscale parlante" for the certification of medicines to be used for deducting expenses.

The receipt shows the amount and type of drugs purchased, in addition to the tax code reviews.

Prior to the end of September 2013,[2] the people in Lombardy might have been in possession of a document, called the (CRS-SISS), which had, in addition to a magnetic stripe, a smart chip to facilitate making payments in the form of a cash card (subject to an individual's request for activation).

Through special card reader, people could use the CRS-SISS to access online services provided by government.