Health Insurance (Amendment) and Health (Provision of Menopause Products) Act 2024

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Number 42 of 2024


HEALTH INSURANCE (AMENDMENT) AND HEALTH (PROVISION OF MENOPAUSE PRODUCTS) ACT 2024


CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title, collective citations, construction and commencement

PART 2

Provision of Menopause Products for Certain Women

2. Definition (Part 2)

3. Amendment of section 47A of Act of 1970

4. Menopause products for certain women

5. Amendment of Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013

PART 3

Amendment of Health Insurance Act 1994 and Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999

6. Definition (Part 3)

7. Amendment of section 6A of Act of 1994

8. Amendment of section 11C of Act of 1994

9. Amendment of Schedule 4 to Act of 1994

10. Amendment of section 125A of Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999


Acts Referred to

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 (No. 14)

Health Act 1970 (No. 1)

Health Acts 1947 to 2022

Health Insurance Act 1994 (No. 16)

Health Insurance Acts 1994 to 2023

Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23)

Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (No. 25)

Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 (No. 41)

Pharmacy Act 2007 (No. 20)

Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (No. 31)

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Number 42 of 2024


HEALTH INSURANCE (AMENDMENT) AND HEALTH (PROVISION OF MENOPAUSE PRODUCTS) ACT 2024


An Act to provide for the making available for supply, without charge, to certain women, of certain products used to alleviate the symptoms of menopause; and, for that purpose, to amend the Health Act 1970 and the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 ; to amend the Health Insurance Act 1994 to specify the amount of premium to be paid from the Risk Equalisation Fund in respect of certain classes of insured persons from 1 April 2025; to amend the definition, in that Act, of high cost claim; to amend the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 ; and to provide for related matters.

[11th November, 2024]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: