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No. 35 of 2006Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006
Public bill · Government · Presented
Creates a State-funded insurance scheme for people diagnosed with hepatitis C or HIV who are refused life, mortgage-protection or other specified insurance, or charged more because of their diagnosis. It also expands certain compensation claims, sets clearer rules for proving hepatitis C, provides appeals against scheme decisions, protects applicants’ confidentiality and updates eligibility for free health services.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Acts 1997 and 2002, and to make a related amendment to the Health (Amendment) Act 1996
Last updated 12 April 2018
Sponsor
- Minister for Health and Children Primary
Progress
- First StageDáil
- Second StageDáil
- Committee StageDáil
- Report StageDáil
- Fifth StageDáil
- Second StageSeanad
- Committee StageSeanad
- Report StageSeanad
- Fifth StageSeanad Enacted
- EnactedEnacted
Debates
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. Seanad
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. Seanad
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. Dáil
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage. Dáil
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. Dáil
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
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