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What it is

Proposal for a common services package in public healthcare

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 27 April 2018. 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 122/000231· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill seeks to guarantee the right to health protection in an equitable and accessible way for all citizens.
  2. It rewrites Article 8 of Law 16/2003 to define the common services package of the National Health System as the set of techniques and procedures that make health benefits effective, fully covered by public funding.
  3. Autonomous communities could have their own packages, but they must at least include the common one, and if they add new services they must first report to the Interterritorial Council.
  4. The content and updates of the package would be agreed in the Interterritorial Council, and new techniques would have to be evaluated before use.
  5. It repeals the chapter of 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 that split the package into basic, supplementary and accessory parts, to return to the original text of Law 16/2003.
  6. It would take effect the day after publication in the Official State Gazette, except for measures that increase spending or reduce budget revenues, which would take effect the following fiscal year.

Who it affects

  • All users of the National Health System, who would have the same benefits under equal conditions.: Equitable and accessible access to public healthcare.
  • Autonomous communities, which could expand the common package but not reduce it.: Duty to include at least the common package and to report to the Interterritorial Council.
  • The Ministry of Health and the Interterritorial Council, which would agree on the content and updates of the package.: Centralized decisions on the services package.
  • Patients who need services not included in the common package.: Communities would have to refer them to reference centers.

Words worth knowing

Cartera de servicios (services package)
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 autonomous regions coordinate healthcare.
Prestación farmacéutica (pharmaceutical benefit)
The medicines funded by the health system.
Copago (copayment)
The share of a healthcare service's cost paid by the patient.
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.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

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

  1. Introduced27 April 2018Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted3 May 2018The 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
Jun 2018Sept 2018Dec 201811. 27 April 2018: Presentación22. 3 May 2018: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 03/05/2018 hasta 07/05/201833. 3 May 2018: Calificación44. 7 May 2018: Gobierno Contestación desde 07/05/2018 hasta 13/06/201855. 13 June 2018: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 13/06/2018 hasta 05/03/201966. 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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