Health Identifiers Bill 2013
Public bill · Government · Presented
The Health Identifiers Bill 2013 would create unique numbers for patients and healthcare providers, linked to national registers and used with medical records and health-service communications. It aims to improve patient safety, data accuracy and healthcare management, while limiting access, protecting personal information and making misuse an offence.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the assignment of a unique number to an individual to whom a health service is being, has been or may be provided; to provide for the assignment of a unique number to a person who provides a health service; to make provision for the establishment and maintenance of registers in respect of such numbers and other particulars of the individuals and other persons to whom the numbers are assigned; to make provision for the basis on which such registers may be accessed and the personal data contained therein may be processed; to provide for the delegation by order to the Health Service Executive of certain functions conferred on the Minister for Health; to provide for the consequential amendment of other enactments; and to provide for related matters
Last updated 20 November 2019
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- Health Identifiers Bill 2013: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages Seanad
- Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage Dáil
- Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages Dáil
- Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee Stage Select Sub-Committee on Health
- Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) Dáil
- Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee Dáil
- Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) Dáil
- Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Second Stage Dáil
- Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages Seanad
- Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage Seanad
- Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Second Stage Seanad