Act No. 2 / 1998 Coll.

Act amending and supplementing Act No. 48 / 1997 Coll., on Public Health Insurance and amending and supplementing certain related laws, as amended by Act No. 242 / 1997 Coll.

Valid Effective from 27.01.1998
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THE LAW
of 2 December 1997
amending and supplementing Act No. 48 / 1997 Coll., on Public Health Insurance and amending and supplementing certain related acts, as amended by Act No. 242 / 1997 Coll.
Parliament has decided on this law of the Czech Republic:
Čl. I
Act No. 48 / 1997 Coll., on Public Health Insurance and amending and supplementing certain related laws, as amended by Act No. 242 / 1997 Coll., is amended as follows:
1. In Article 11 (1) (d), the following sentence shall be replaced at the end of the comma and the following sentences shall be added: "A doctor or other health professional or health care establishment may not accept any payment for such health care or in connection with the provision of such care from the insured person. In the event of a breach of this obligation, the competent authority of the State may withdraw the authorisation to provide health care or impose a fine. For the same reasons, the health insurance undertaking concerned is entitled to terminate the contract for the provision and reimbursement of health care. Health insurance companies shall coordinate their action with public authorities in the application of penalties for infringements imposed by this provision of the law, '.
2. In the fourth sentence of Article 17 (2), the following words shall be inserted after the word "months": "or where the framework agreement submitted is contrary to legislation or public interest."
3. Paragraph 17 (5) reads as follows:
"(5) The values of the point and the amount of the health insurance payments shall be agreed in the conciliation procedure of representatives
(a) General health insurance companies of the Czech Republic and other health insurance companies; and
(b) the relevant professional associations of providers as representatives of contractual health establishments.
The outcome of the conciliation procedure will be assessed by the Ministry of Health from the point of view of compliance with legislation and public interest and will be published in the Ministry of Health Bulletin. If the conciliation procedure does not result in a result within 15 days before the end of the last outcome of the conciliation procedure, or if the outcome of the conciliation procedure is contrary to legislation or public interest, the Government of the Czech Republic shall decide, on a proposal from the Ministry of Health, on the values of the point and the amount of the health care payments covered by the health insurance; the decision shall be published in the Ministry of Health Bulletin. ';
Čl. II
This Act shall take effect on the day of its publication.
Zeman v. r.
Tošovský v. r.

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CitationAct No. 2 / 1998 Coll., amending and supplementing Act No. 48 / 1997 Coll., on Public Health Insurance, and amending and supplementing certain related laws, as amended by Act No. 242 / 1997 Coll.
Regulation Type-
Author-
CollectionCode of Laws
Date of Promulgation27.01.1998
Effective from27.01.1998
Effective until-
Status Valid
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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