ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
3 Principal objects of Act
PART II
National Health Fund
4 Establishment of the National Health Fund
5 Functions of the Fund
6 Establishment and function of Board of Management
7 Beneficiaries of the Fund
8 Policy directions
PART III
Financial Provisions
9 Resources of the Fund
10 Application of revenues
11 Borrowing powers
12 Power to invest moneys
13 Guarantee by Minister of Finance for borrowing by Fund and repayment of sums issued to meet guarantees
14 Accounts and Audit
15 Annual Report
16 Exemption from income tax
17 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure
18 Claims to be determined by Board
PART IV
Miscellaneous
19 Appointment of inspectors
20 Powers of inspectors
21 Assault and obstruction of inspectors
22 Refusal or neglect to give information
23 False declaration and statement
24 Benefits from false declaration
25 Breaches of this Act not otherwise provided for
Minister may amend monetary penalties
26 Regulations
27 Act binds the Crown
THE NATIONAL HEALTH FUND ACT
[Date of Commencement: 1st April, 2003]
Acts
23 of 2003,
6 of 2011,
7 of 2011.
PART I
Preliminary (sections 1-3)
1 Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the National Health Fund Act.
In this Act-
"appointed day" means the date appointed by the Minister under section 1;
"Board" means the Board of Management of the Fund;
"chairman" means the chairman of the Board;
"functions" includes powers and duties;
"Fund" means the National Health Fund established under section 4;
"registered medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Act;
"resident" means a person who is ordinarily resident in Jamaica for a period or periods aggregating in the whole not less than six months in the calendar year;
"specified diseases" and "specified medical condition" mean the diseases and medical conditions specified in the First Schedule.
The principal objects of this Act are to-
(a) provide prescribed health benefits to all residents, regardless of age, gender, health or economic status;
(b) provide greater access to medical treatment and preventative care for specified diseases and specified medical conditions;
(c) make pharmaceutical and medical supplies accessible and available to government-owned health facilities;
[6/2011 s 3(b).]
(d) secure improvement in the productivity of residents by reducing time lost on the job that is attributable to personal and family health, care problems;
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