Health
Votes on the health system, hospitals and health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
Timeline
Second and third reading10The votes where a law passes or fails
This law expands eligibility under the National Health Insurance Law, 1994, for reimbursement of travel costs in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance, so that full reimbursement is given for the costs of transport to a hospital in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance when the insured person who was transported died before being admitted – but not more than the amount…
| Date | Vote | Reading | Result | For / Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 73) Bill, 2026 Joint initiativeInitiator: Michal Waldiger, Iman Khatib-Yassin and 2 more | Third reading | Passed | 11 / 0 |
| March 31, 2026 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 74) Bill, 2026 Joint initiativeInitiator: Avi Maoz, Nissim Vaturi and 11 more | Third reading | Passed | 14 / 0 |
| March 20, 2025 | Settlement of Accounts Between Hospitals and Health Funds (Mental Health) Bill, 2025 Government bill | Third reading | Passed | 64 / 50 |
| January 13, 2025 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 72 and Temporary Provision) Bill, 2025 Government bill | Third reading | Passed | 55 / 46 |
| May 21, 2024 | Regulation of the Practice of Health Professions Law (Amendment No. 10) Bill, 2024 Government bill | Third reading | Passed | 7 / 0 |
| March 13, 2024 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 69 and Temporary Provision) Bill, 2024 Government bill | Third reading | Passed | 63 / 55 |
| March 5, 2024 | Regulation of the Practice of Health Professions Law (Amendment No. 9) Bill, 2024 (P/2194/25) Joint initiativeInitiator: Yosef Taieb, Tania Mazarsky and 5 more | Third reading | Passed | 10 / 0 |
| July 30, 2023 | Regulation of the Practice of Health Professions Law (Amendment No. 8) Bill, 2023 Government billInitiator: Ahmad Tibi, Iman Khatib-Yassin and 2 more | Third reading | Passed | 10 / 0 |
| July 30, 2023 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 67) Bill, 2023 This law expands eligibility under the National Health Insurance Law, 1994, for reimbursement of travel costs in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance, so that full reimbursement is given for the costs of transport to a hospital in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance when the insured person who was transported died before being admitted – but not more than the amount… Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Eti Atiya | Third reading | Passed | 7 / 0 |
| March 28, 2023 | Physicians Ordinance Amendment (No. 15) Bill, 2023 Government bill | Third reading | Passed | 52 / 0 |
Preliminary and first reading44Bills at the start of the process
Reducing health insurance contributions to 50% of the required amount for residents of the Northern and Southern Districts.
The proposal requires the state to improve health services and narrow gaps between the periphery and the center, and would require the Minister of Health to set standards and deadlines for implementation.
The bill states that security prisoners will receive medical treatment inside prisons only, except in exceptional cases approved by the Prison Service Commissioner.
A proposal to grant a 50% reduced electricity rate to hospitals located in the periphery.
A proposal to reduce the electricity rate for hospitals in the periphery to 50% of the general rate.
A proposal to reduce health insurance contributions for residents of the north and south to half the current rate.
A proposal to reduce health insurance contributions for residents of the Gaza border area and the north who were harmed by the Iron Swords War.
The proposal provides for reimbursement of 85% of the costs of ambulance or mobile intensive care unit transport for insured persons who have reached retirement age and were not hospitalized.
A proposal to require health maintenance organizations to give their members payment benefits also at private pharmacies with which they have no arrangement.
A proposal to allow health fund members to fill prescriptions at all pharmacies under uniform terms, without being limited to existing arrangements.
A bill to amend the National Health Insurance Law: the co-payment for a prescription drug from a pharmacy that has no arrangement with the health maintenance organization will be identical to that at a pharmacy with an arrangement.
A bill to amend the National Health Insurance Law: an insured person's co-payment for buying a prescription drug at a pharmacy that has no arrangement with the health maintenance organization will be equal to the co-payment at a pharmacy with an arrangement.
The proposal provides for supplying portable oxygen concentrators under national health insurance, with a 10% co-payment by the insured person.
The bill requires full reimbursement of ambulance travel costs for mental health patients, even if they were not admitted to the hospital.
The proposal requires full reimbursement of ambulance transport fees for mental health patients, even if they were not admitted to a hospital.
| Date | Vote | Reading | Result | For / Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 24, 2026 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reduction in Health Insurance Contributions for Residents of the Periphery) Bill, 2026 Reducing health insurance contributions to 50% of the required amount for residents of the Northern and Southern Districts. Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Michael Biton | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 24 / 41 |
| March 25, 2026 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Narrowing Gaps between the Periphery and the Center) Bill, 2023 The proposal requires the state to improve health services and narrow gaps between the periphery and the center, and would require the Minister of Health to set standards and deadlines for implementation. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Meir Cohen | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 37 / 51 |
| January 26, 2026 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 74) (Eligibility for a Motorized Wheelchair That Can Be Operated by a Companion) Bill, 2026 Joint initiativeInitiator: Avi Maoz, Nissim Vaturi and 11 more | First reading | Passed | 27 / 0 |
| January 21, 2026 | Prisons Ordinance Amendment (Prohibition of Medical Treatment of Security Prisoners in Public Hospitals) Bill, 2025 The bill states that security prisoners will receive medical treatment inside prisons only, except in exceptional cases approved by the Prison Service Commissioner. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Yulia Malinovsky, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 7 / 59 |
| January 6, 2026 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 73) (Reimbursement of Ambulance Fees for a Mental Health Patient) Bill, 2025 Joint initiativeInitiator: Michal Waldiger, Iman Khatib-Yassin and 2 more | First reading | Passed | 11 / 0 |
| December 3, 2025 | Electricity Sector Law (Amendment – Reduced Rate for Hospitals in the Periphery) Bill, 2023 A proposal to grant a 50% reduced electricity rate to hospitals located in the periphery. Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Michael Biton | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 46 / 56 |
| December 3, 2025 | Electricity Sector Law (Amendment – Reduced Rate for Hospitals in the Periphery) Bill, 2023 A proposal to reduce the electricity rate for hospitals in the periphery to 50% of the general rate. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Meir Cohen | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 47 / 56 |
| November 19, 2025 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Adding Eligibility for Remote-Controlled Motorized Wheelchairs) Bill, 2025 Joint initiativeInitiator: Avi Maoz, Nissim Vaturi and 11 more | Preliminary reading | Passed | 87 / 0 |
| July 2, 2025 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reduction in Health Insurance Contributions for Residents of the Periphery) Bill, 2024 A proposal to reduce health insurance contributions for residents of the north and south to half the current rate. Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Michael Biton | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 25 / 42 |
| June 4, 2025 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reduction in Health Insurance Contributions for Residents of the Gaza Envelope and the Confrontation Line) (Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) Bill, 2024 A proposal to reduce health insurance contributions for residents of the Gaza border area and the north who were harmed by the Iron Swords War. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Ron Katz | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 33 / 51 |
| February 19, 2025 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reimbursement of Ambulance Fees for Persons Who Have Reached Retirement Age) Bill, 2023 The proposal provides for reimbursement of 85% of the costs of ambulance or mobile intensive care unit transport for insured persons who have reached retirement age and were not hospitalized. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Iman Khatib-Yassin, Mansour Abbas and 3 more | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 28 / 45 |
| January 6, 2025 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 69 and Temporary Provision) (Amendment) Bill, 2024 Government bill | First reading | Passed | 52 / 42 |
| November 27, 2024 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Payment for a Prescription Drug at a Pharmacy without an Arrangement with a Health Fund) Bill, 2023 A proposal to require health maintenance organizations to give their members payment benefits also at private pharmacies with which they have no arrangement. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Yasir Hujeirat, Mansour Abbas and 3 more | Preliminary reading | Passed | 23 / 0 |
| November 27, 2024 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Dispensing a Prescription Drug Given by Electronic or Manual Prescription under Arrangement Terms at All Pharmacies) Bill, 2024 A proposal to allow health fund members to fill prescriptions at all pharmacies under uniform terms, without being limited to existing arrangements. Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Shalom Danino | Preliminary reading | Passed | 26 / 0 |
| November 27, 2024 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Co-payment for Purchasing a Prescription Drug from a Pharmacy Not in an Arrangement with the Health Fund) Bill, 2023 A bill to amend the National Health Insurance Law: the co-payment for a prescription drug from a pharmacy that has no arrangement with the health maintenance organization will be identical to that at a pharmacy with an arrangement. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Ahmad Tibi | Preliminary reading | Passed | 20 / 0 |
| November 27, 2024 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Co-payment for Purchasing a Prescription Drug from a Pharmacy Not in an Arrangement with the Health Fund) Bill, 2023 A bill to amend the National Health Insurance Law: an insured person's co-payment for buying a prescription drug at a pharmacy that has no arrangement with the health maintenance organization will be equal to the co-payment at a pharmacy with an arrangement. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Oded Forer, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more | Preliminary reading | Passed | 25 / 0 |
| November 27, 2024 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Subsidizing Portable Oxygen Concentrators) Bill, 2023 The proposal provides for supplying portable oxygen concentrators under national health insurance, with a 10% co-payment by the insured person. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Iman Khatib-Yassin, Mansour Abbas and 3 more | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 15 / 42 |
| July 10, 2024 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reimbursement of Ambulance Fees for a Mental Health Patient) Bill, 2023 The bill requires full reimbursement of ambulance travel costs for mental health patients, even if they were not admitted to the hospital. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Iman Khatib-Yassin | Preliminary reading | Passed | 25 / 0 |
| July 10, 2024 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reimbursement of Ambulance Fees for a Mental Health Patient) Bill, 2022 Joint initiativeInitiator: Michal Waldiger, Iman Khatib-Yassin and 2 more | Preliminary reading | Passed | 25 / 0 |
| July 10, 2024 | National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reimbursement of Ambulance Fees for a Mental Health Patient) Bill, 2023 The proposal requires full reimbursement of ambulance transport fees for mental health patients, even if they were not admitted to a hospital. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Waleed Alhwashla | Preliminary reading | Passed | 25 / 0 |
Other plenum votes5Approvals, motions for the agenda and procedural decisions
A bill to set a settlement mechanism between hospitals and health maintenance organizations for the years 2026 to 2030
This law expands eligibility under the National Health Insurance Law, 1994, for reimbursement of travel costs in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance, so that full reimbursement is given for the costs of transport to a hospital in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance when the insured person who was transported died before being admitted – but not more than the amount…
This law expands eligibility under the National Health Insurance Law, 1994, for reimbursement of travel costs in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance, so that full reimbursement is given for the costs of transport to a hospital in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance when the insured person who was transported died before being admitted – but not more than the amount…
| Date | Vote | Reading | Result | For / Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 11, 2026 | Transfer of Chapter D (Settlement of Accounts between Hospitals and Health Funds for the Years 2026 to 2030), only the proposed Section 16 in Section 9, titled "Payment for a health service provided outside the premises of a general public hospital", from the Economic Efficiency (Legislative Amendments for Achieving the Budget Targets for the 2026 Budget Year) Bill, 2026, from the House Committee to the Health Committee A bill to set a settlement mechanism between hospitals and health maintenance organizations for the years 2026 to 2030 Government bill | Transfer of the bill between committees | Did not pass | 0 / 0 |
| November 12, 2025 | Urgent motion for the agenda on the subject: The non-appointment of the public committee for the health basket | Motion for the agenda | Passed | 8 / 0 |
| July 24, 2023 | Decision of the Health Committee on splitting the National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 65) (Reimbursement of Ambulance Travel Costs for a Nursing-Care Patient and for a Patient Who Died) Bill, 2022 This law expands eligibility under the National Health Insurance Law, 1994, for reimbursement of travel costs in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance, so that full reimbursement is given for the costs of transport to a hospital in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance when the insured person who was transported died before being admitted – but not more than the amount… Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Eti Atiya | Decision on debate procedure | Passed | 12 / 0 |
| May 1, 2023 | Decision of the Health Committee on its wish to apply continuity to the National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 65) (Reimbursement of Ambulance Travel Costs for a Nursing-Care Patient and for a Patient Who Died) Bill, 2022 (P/1382/24) This law expands eligibility under the National Health Insurance Law, 1994, for reimbursement of travel costs in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance, so that full reimbursement is given for the costs of transport to a hospital in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance when the insured person who was transported died before being admitted – but not more than the amount… Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Eti Atiya | Continuity (bill carried over) | Passed | 6 / 0 |
| February 21, 2023 | Government announcement of its wish to apply continuity to the Physicians Ordinance Amendment (No. 13 and Temporary Provision) (Performing Procedures in the Patient's Home) Bill, 2022 Government bill | Continuity (bill carried over) | Passed | 17 / 1 |
Knesset map by topic
A weighted position for each MK across all the votes on this topic (a third reading counts for more). 🟡 Mixed = voted both for and against in different votes. The map shows 143 MKs: 120 serving today, plus 23 who served at some point in the current term and actually voted on this topic - which is why the number is above 120.