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What it is

Bill proposes a common service portfolio for Spain's public health system

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 13 December 2017. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Confederal de Unidos Podemos-En Comú Podem-En Marea.

Official title: Private member's bill regulating the portfolio of common services of the National Health System.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000156· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill would guarantee the right to health protection in an equitable and accessible way for everyone.
  2. It would restore a single common portfolio of services for the National Health System, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation activities, plus medical transport, fully paid for with public funding.
  3. Benefits and their updates would be approved by order of the Ministry of Health, with prior agreement of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System.
  4. The autonomous communities could add services or techniques not in the common portfolio to their own portfolios, meeting the same requirements and informing the Interterritorial Council beforehand.
  5. The portfolio's content would be decided by the Interterritorial Council, and techniques whose effectiveness is not sufficiently proven would not be included.
  6. It repeals the division of the portfolio into several categories made by royal decree-law A rule with the force of law that the Government passes because it is urgent. It applies from its publication, but the Congreso must validate it within 30 days or it lapses. 16/2012, returning to the original text of Law 16/2003. It would take effect the day after publication in the official state gazette, except for measures with budget costs.

Who it affects

  • Everyone using Spain's National Health System: Would receive the same health benefits across the country, without copays caused by the fragmented portfolio.
  • The autonomous communities: Could expand the common portfolio with their own services, after informing the Interterritorial Council.
  • The Ministry of Health and the Interterritorial Council: Would be the bodies in charge of approving and updating the service portfolio.

Words worth knowing

Cartera de servicios (service portfolio)
The list of techniques, tests and treatments covered by the public health system.
Consejo Interterritorial del Sistema Nacional de Salud (CISNS)
The body where the central government and the autonomous regions coordinate health care.
Copago (copay)
The share of a health service's cost paid by the patient.
Proposición de ley (bill)
A text proposing a law that is still being processed; it is not an approved law yet.
royal decree-law
A rule with the force of law that the Government passes because it is urgent. It applies from its publication, but the Congreso must validate it within 30 days or it lapses.
decree-law
A rule with the force of law that the Government passes because it is urgent. It applies from its publication, but the Congreso must validate it within 30 days or it lapses.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced13 December 2017Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted19 December 2017The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Dec 2017Mar 2018Jun 2018Sept 2018Dec 201811. 13 December 2017: Presentación22. 19 December 2017: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 19/12/2017 hasta 22/12/201733. 19 December 2017: Calificación44. 22 December 2017: Gobierno Contestación desde 22/12/2017 hasta 06/03/2018 Nota: (Mesa 06/03/2018 - concluida - decaída por comunicación disconformidad Gobierno).55. 4 September 2018: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 04/09/2018 hasta 05/03/2019 Nota: (Nuevo criterio del Gobierno 19/07/2018).66. 5 March 2019: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 05/03/2019 hasta 27/03/2019

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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