7 May 2019 in National Assembly:
As I had said, this amendment retains the power of the board to enter into contracts with health service providers but such contracts shall only be entered into in terms of the regulations prescribed by the board in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary. I think we are now together.
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7 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendments to the National Hospital Insurance Fund Act No. 9 of 1998− (l) in the proposed amendment to section 30− (iii)in the proposed new subsection (9), by inserting the words “and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand shillings” immediately after the word “offence”. The proposed new subsection (9) as contained in the Bill creates an offence without prescribing a penalty. In the absence of a penalty under this new subsection (9), the ...
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7 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendments to the National Hospital Insurance Fund Act No. 9 of 1998− (m) in the proposed amendment to section 34(1), by deleting the words “in quoted equities, fixed income, property, guaranteed funds, fixed deposits accounts and” appearing in paragraph (c); The reason is that, the fund requires liquid assets to respond to its core mandate and investment in some of these options may not, always, allow for convenient access to funds when they will be needed by the fund ...
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7 May 2019 in National Assembly:
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7 May 2019 in National Assembly:
I beg to move that: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendments to the National Hospital Insurance Fund Act No. 9 of 1998- (n) by deleting the proposed amendment to section 43 and substituting therefor the following− s.43 Delete the expression “Workmen’s Compensation Act (Cap. 236)” and substitute therefor the expression “Work Injury Benefits Act (No. 13 of 2007)”. This amendment is necessary for purposes of correct referencing of the Act. It is because what we have now is Work Injury Benefits Act and not Workmen’s Compensation Act.
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7 May 2019 in National Assembly:
I beg to move- THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendments to the National Hospital Insurance Fund Act No. 9 of 1998- (f) by inserting the following new amendment immediately after the proposed amendment to section 16 – S.21 (1) Delete the word “Hospital” and substitute therefor the word “Health”. This amendment seeks to bring this section in line with the amendments proposed in the Bill so as to change the name of the card from National Hospital Insurance Card to National Health Insurance Card. We are substituting “hospital” with “health”. Again, as you may ...
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7 May 2019 in National Assembly:
I beg to move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendments to the National Hospital Insurance Fund Act No. 9 of 1998- (j) in the proposed amendment to section 26, by inserting the following new amendment- S.26 Delete the word “Minister” appearing in the opening sentence and substitute therefor the words “Cabinet Secretary”.
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7 May 2019 in National Assembly:
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7 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:
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7 May 2019 in National Assembly:
THAT the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendments to the National Hospital Insurance Fund Act No. 9 of 1998− (k) by inserting the following new amendment immediately after the proposed amendment to section 26— s.29 (1) Insert the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (c)− “(d) prescribing the manner and procedure of entering into contracts between the Board and health service providers”
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