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Number 17 of 2001
HEALTH INSURANCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2001
REVISED
Updated to 21 March 2023
Changes to legislation
as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.
This Revised Act is an administrative
consolidation of the
Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001
. It is prepared by the
Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the
Law Reform Commission
Act 1975
(3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and
consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including the
Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency
Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Act 2023
(6/2023), enacted 10 March 2023, and
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Appointment of Special Advisers
(Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach) Order 2023
(S.I. No. 169
of 2023), made 21 March 2023, were considered in the preparation of this Revised
Act.
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Number
17
of
2001
HEALTH INSURANCE (AMENDMENT)
ACT 2001
REVISED
Updated to 21 March
2023
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Definition.
2.
Amendment of definition of
“health insurance contract” in Principal Act.
3.
Further amendment of section
2(1) of Principal Act.
4.
Certain arrangements by
employers to constitute health insurance contracts.
5.
Prohibition of non-community
rated health insurance contracts.
6.
Premiums which may be charged
under health insurance contracts in certain circumstances.
7.
Provision of
information.
8.
Obligation to provide health
insurance.
9.
Risk equalisation
schemes.
10.
Limited exemption from
requirement to make returns and otherwise comply with risk equalisation
scheme.
11.
Annual report with respect to
the operation of a scheme.
12.
Performance of functions under
Principal Act — equality of treatment of undertakings.
13.
Miscellaneous amendments of
Principal Act.
14.
Additional powers of Voluntary
Health Insurance Board.
(Repealed)
15.
Short title, collective
citation and commencement.
Acts Referred
to
Civil Service Regulation Act, 1956
1956, No. 46
Health Act, 1970
1970, No. 1
Health Insurance Act, 1994
1994, No. 16
Health (Nursing Homes) Act, 1990
1990, No. 23
Insurance Act, 1936
1936, No. 45
Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997
1997, No. 39
Voluntary Health Insurance Acts, 1957 to 1998
Number
17
of
2001
HEALTH INSURANCE (AMENDMENT)
ACT 2001
REVISED
Updated to 21 March
2023
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE HEALTH
INSURANCE ACT, 1994, AND TO MAKE PROVISION
WITH RESPECT TO THE POWERS OF THE VOLUNTARY
HEALTH INSURANCE BOARD. [27th June, 2001]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS
Section
1.
Definition.
2.
Amendment of definition of
“health insurance contract” in Principal Act.
3.
Further amendment of section
2(1) of Principal Act.
4.
Certain arrangements by
employers to constitute health insurance contracts.
5.
Prohibition of non-community
rated health insurance contracts.
6.
Premiums which may be charged
under health insurance contracts in certain circumstances.
7.
Provision of
information.
8.
Obligation to provide health
insurance.
9.
Risk equalisation
schemes.
10.
Limited exemption from
requirement to make returns and otherwise comply with risk equalisation
scheme.
11.
Annual report with respect to
the operation of a scheme.
12.
Performance of functions under
Principal Act — equality of treatment of undertakings.
13.
Miscellaneous amendments of
Principal Act.
14.
Additional powers of Voluntary
Health Insurance Board.
(Repealed)
15.
Short title, collective
citation and commencement.