National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reimbursement of Ambulance Fees for a Mental Health Patient) Bill
Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק ביטוח בריאות ממלכתי (תיקון - החזר דמי נסיעה באמבולנס עבור מטופל בתחום בריאות הנפש)
TL;DRThe bill requires full reimbursement of ambulance travel costs for mental health patients, even if they were not admitted to the hospital.
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What does the bill do?
The bill changes the National Health Insurance Law to set full reimbursement of travel costs for mental health patients transported to a hospital in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance, even in cases where they were not admitted to the hospital. The bill also applies this to patients who are brought to a psychiatric ward and then released without hospitalization. The reasoning notes economic difficulties for patients' families, due to repeated travel costs for evacuations to the hospital.
The votes on this bill
Coalition 64 seats
Left the coalition 8 seats
Opposition 48 seats
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