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No. 3 of 2005Health (Amendment) Bill 2005
Public bill · Government · Presented
The measure changes how eligibility for free health services is assessed, requiring the Health Service Executive to consider a person’s household finances, spouse’s means and reasonable expenses. It also sets rules for hospital charges, including exemptions for children, maternity care and certain patients, hardship waivers and a limit after 30 days, while extending free GP care to some adults facing financial difficulty and their dependants; it also removes a related social-welfare provision.
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Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health Act 1970
Last updated 13 April 2018
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- Minister for Health and Children Primary
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