Health Insurance Act 1994

Minimum level of health insurance cover.

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10. — (1) F91[Subject to subsection (3), a health insurance contract effected by a registered undertaking]

(a) shall relate, at least, to such health services and F90[relevant] health services as may be prescribed, and

(b) in so far as it relates to services prescribed under paragraph (a), shall provide for the payment by the undertaking in respect of those services of amounts that are not less than such amounts as may be prescribed.

(2)The Minister may engage a person whom he or she considers competent and qualified to do so to advise him or her in relation to the performance of the functions of the Minister under this section.

F92[(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a health insurance contract—

(a) where, and without prejudice to the generality of paragraphs (a) to (d) of the definition of "health insurance contract" (inserted by section 2 of the Act of 2001) in section 2(1), such a contract, either of itself or as construed with any linked or related other health insurance contract, makes no provision for the making of in-patient indemnity payments, or

(b) relating solely to the public hospital daily in-patient charges made under the Health (In-patient Charges) Regulations 1987 (S.I. No. 116 of 1987).]

Annotations:

Amendments:

F90

Substituted (19.11.2001) by Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 (17/2001), s. 13(c), S.I. No. 514 of 2001.

F91

Substituted (10.06.2009) by Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2008 (6/2008), s. 4(a), S.I. No. 213 of 2009, art 3.

F92

Inserted (10.06.2009) by Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2008 (6/2008), s. 4(b), S.I. No. 213 of 2009, art 3.

Editorial Notes:

E66

Power pursuant to section exercised (13.03.2015) by Health Insurance Act 1994 (Minimum Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 96 of 2015).

E67

Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.2015) by Health Insurance Act 1994 (Minimum Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 612 of 2014), in effect as per reg. 1(2).

E68

Power pursuant to section exercised (1.07.2005) by Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Minimum Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 333 of 2005), in effect as per reg. 3.

E69

Power pursuant to section exercised (28.03.1996) by Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Minimum Benefit) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 83 of 1996), in effect as per art. 2.