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    "id": 1443544,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Gataya Mo Fire",
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    "content": "Health Insurance (Tribunal Procedure) Rules 2024, (Legal Notice No.49 of 2024). Allow me to highlight some of the provisions of the Social Health Insurance (General) Regulations, 2024 (Legal Notice No.49 of 2024) and the Social Health Insurance (Tribunal Procedure) Rules 2024, (Legal Notice No.48 of 2024). The regulations may be cited as the Social Health Insurance (General) Regulations, 2024 and the Social Health Insurance (Tribunal Procedure) Rules 2024. The Cabinet Secretary for Health has laid on the powers conferred by Section 50 of the Social Health Insurance Act No.16 of 2024 and Section 44(6) of the Social Health Insurance Act to make and publish Regulations and Rules respectively. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Social Health Insurance (General) Regulations, 2024 are intended to provide for among others, the implementation of the primary health fund, the social health insurance fund and the emergency chronic and critical illness fund established in the Act. The regulations also provide for the mandatory registration of every person who is a resident in Kenya pursuant to Section 26(1) of the Act and the mode of payment contributions pursuant to Section 27(1) and (2) of the Act. The Social Health Insurance (Tribunal Procedure) Rules, 2024 on the other hand intends to provide for the dispute resolution tribunal as established under Section 44 of the Social Health Insurance Fund Act, 2023 for the purpose of hearing and determining complaints, disputes and appeals arising from the Act. The Social Health Insurance (General) Regulations, 2024 and the Social Health Insurance (Tribunal Procedure) Rules, 2024 were submitted to the Senate by the Cabinet Secretary for Health on 8th March, 2024 and tabled before the House on 20th March, 2024. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Section 16 of Statutory Instruments Act, the Committee invited the Cabinet Secretary for Health, the Council of Governors (CoG), the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentist Union (KMPDU) alongside the Kenya Medical Association (KMA) on Thursday, 23rd May to a stakeholder engagement to discuss the two regulations. Only the CoG and KMA attended the meeting. The Cabinet Secretary requested the Committee to schedule another meeting as she was away on official duty during the 23rd May, 2024 meeting. The Committee agreed to meet with the Cabinet Secretary on another date, but resolved to engage the two stakeholders who attended. The CoG and the KMA raised concerns on the readiness of the Ministry of Health to implement the regulations by the commencement date of 1st July, 2024. The two stakeholders pointed out that whereas it was a few weeks before the commencement of the Regulations, the Ministry had not procured a system with a centralized digital platform that will onboard all services and service providers. The operation of the Digital Act, 2024 ought to have preceded that of the Social Health Insurance Act, 2024 to provide an infrastructure on which the latter will be based. The Authority had not carried out means-testing to determine contributions that will be paid by households whose income is not derived from salaried employment. As required in Regulation 18(4) of the Social Health Insurance (General) Regulations, 2024 (‘the Regulations’), the Authority in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary responsible for cooperatives, micro, small and medium enterprises development and other financing institutions was to provide premium financing to non- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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