Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006

Public bill · Government · Presented

The measure would put the existing financial assistance scheme for people in private nursing homes directly into primary legislation, aiming to ensure that the HSE applies it consistently nationwide. It would set out rules for applications, medical and financial assessments, payment levels, reviews, appeals, recovery of fraudulently obtained payments and protection for existing recipients; nursing-home owners would have to report deaths and discharges. It would also require both Houses of the Oireachtas to approve future regulations, while leaving the current payment system and expected overall costs largely unchanged.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 and to consequentially repeal section 3 of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001, amend Schedule 7 to the Health Act 2004 and revoke the Nursing Homes (Subvention) Regulations 1993

Last updated 16 April 2018