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Health Bill [H.L.]

This is the text of the Health Bill [H.L.], as amended in Committee in the House of Commons and printed on 25th May 1999.

 
EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of Health, will be published separately as HC Bill 77- EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Mr Secretary Dobson has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Health Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.

 
  
Health Bill [H.L.]
 
 
 
 
ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES

PART I
THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
Fund-holding practices
Clause 
1.Repeal of law about fund-holding practices.

Local administration
2.Primary Care Trusts.
3.Primary Care Trusts: finance.
4.Expenditure of Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts.
5.Primary Care Trusts: provision of services etc.
6.Delegation of Health Authority functions relating to pilot schemes and section 28C arrangements.
7.Primary Care Trusts: trust-funds and trustees.
8.Payments relating to past performance.
9.Indemnity cover for Part II services.
10.Remuneration for Part II services.
11.Local representative committees.
12.Directions.

NHS trusts
13.Establishment orders.
14.Exercise of powers.
15.Public dividend capital.
16.Existing NHS trusts: conversion of initial loan.
17.Borrowing.

Quality etc
18.Duty of quality.
19.The Commission for Health Improvement.
20.Functions of the Commission.
21.Arrangements with the Audit Commission.
22.Arrangements with Ministers.
23.Obtaining information etc.
24.Restrictions on disclosure of information.
25.Abolition of Clinical Standards Advisory Group.

Partnership
26.Co-operation between NHS bodies.
27.Co-operation between NHS bodies and local authorities.
28.Plans for improving health etc.
29.Payments by NHS bodies to local authorities.
30.Payments by local authorities to NHS bodies.
31.Arrangements between NHS bodies and local authorities.
32.Joint consultative committees.

Control of prices of medicines and profits
33.Powers relating to voluntary schemes.
34.Power to control prices.
35.Statutory schemes.
36.Statutory schemes: supplementary.
37.Enforcement.
38.Controls: supplementary.

Evasion of charges, fraud etc.
39.Evasion of charges etc.
40.Disqualification etc. of Part II practitioners.

Miscellaneous
41.High security psychiatric services.
42.Provision of information by Registrar General.
43.Health Service Commissioners.

Rectification of transitional arrangements
44.Power to rectify transitional provisions etc.

PART II
THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE: SCOTLAND
Fund-holding practices
45.Repeal of law about fund-holding practices.

NHS trusts
46.Establishment orders.
47.Directions as to delegation of functions.
48.Constitution of NHS trust boards.
49.Duties of NHS trusts.

Staff transfer
50.Transfer of staff among health service bodies.

Quality
51.Duty of quality.

Finance
52.Expenditure of Health Boards and other bodies.
53.Public dividend capital.
54.Existing NHS trusts: conversion of initial loan.
55.Borrowing.

Indemnity cover
56.Indemnity cover for Part II services.

Remuneration
57.Remuneration for Part II services.

Fraud
58.Disqualification etc. of Part II practitioners.
59.Recovery of charges and payments.

PART III
MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
Regulation of health care and associated professions
60.Regulation of health care and associated professions.

Supplementary
61.Regulations and orders.
62.Supplementary and consequential provision etc.
63.Interpretation.

Final provisions
64.Amendments and repeals.
65.Devolution.
66.Commencement.
67.Extent.
68.Short title.
 

SCHEDULES:
    Schedule 1-Primary Care Trusts.
    Schedule 2-The Commission for Health Improvement.
    Schedule 3-Regulation of health care and associated professions.
    Schedule 4-Amendments of enactments.
    Schedule 5-Repeals.
 

 
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