Agree to submit to the National Assembly amendments and supplements to the Law on Health Insurance in October 2024

Presenting the report, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long said that the Government proposed to add the Draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance to the 2024 Law and Ordinance Development Program.

The Law Project is built with 4 policies: Adjusting the subjects participating in health insurance in sync with the provisions of relevant laws; adjusting the scope of health insurance benefits in accordance with the contribution level, balancing the Health Insurance Fund and health care requirements in each period; adjusting relevant health insurance regulations according to the level of technical expertise in medical examination and treatment and promoting the role of grassroots health care in primary health care and medical examination and treatment under health insurance; allocating and using the health insurance fund effectively.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long presented the Government's proposal. Photo: Quochoi.vn

Based on the prepared dossier proposing the Law, the Government proposes that the National Assembly Standing Committee consider allowing the Law project to be added to the 2024 Law and Ordinance Development Program, and submit it to the National Assembly for consideration and approval at a session (8th Session, 15th National Assembly).

Reporting on the review of this issue, Chairman of the National Assembly's Law Committee Hoang Thanh Tung said that the Law Committee and the Standing Committee of the National Assembly's Social Committee proposed that the National Assembly Standing Committee consider and decide to add the Law Project to the 2024 Program, submit it to the National Assembly for comments and approval at the 8th Session (October 2024) according to the procedure at a Session. The scope of this amendment and supplement focuses on the contents that are truly necessary, urgent, clear and have high consensus, ensuring synchronous implementation, consistent with the provisions of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment, the Law on Social Insurance and removing the shortcomings, obstacles and difficulties that have been pointed out through the summary.

Chairman of the National Assembly's Law Committee Hoang Thanh Tung reports on the investigation. Photo: Quochoi.vn

Speaking at the meeting, Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that he clearly saw the urgency and necessity of amending and supplementing the Law on Health Insurance right after amending the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment.

Along with that, the National Assembly Chairman also suggested that, in order to ensure that the Draft Law is submitted to the National Assembly in accordance with regulations, the Ministry of Health needs to have political determination, work actively and urgently, and ensure the quality of the Draft Law.

Clarifying the issue of only amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long said that the amended and supplemented contents are all urgent to ensure consistency with the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment in current implementation; after that, the Government and the Ministry of Health will continue to study and comprehensively amend this Law.

After consideration, 100% of the members of the National Assembly Standing Committee present voted unanimously to add the Draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance to the 2024 Law and Ordinance Development Program, to be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration and approval at the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly.

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