7 Amendments of Magor Imre CSIBI related to 2008/0142(COD)
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
This Directive establishes a general framework for the provision of safe, high quality and efficient cross-border healthcare and aims to encourage cooperation between Member States on cross-border healthcare.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. In so far as it is necessary to facilitate the provision of cross-border healthcare and taking as a basis a high level of protection of health, the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall develop guidelines to facilitate the implementation of paragraph 1. These guidelines will support Member States in defining clear quality and safety criteria for healthcare provided on their territory.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to the provisions of this Directive, in particular Articles 7, 8 and 9, the Member State of affiliation shall ensure that insured persons travelling to another Member State with the purpose of receiving healthcare there or seeking to receive healthcare provided in another Member State, will not be prevented from receiving healthcare provided in another Member State where the treatment in question is among the benefits provided for by the legislation of the Member State of affiliation to which the insured person is entitled. The Member States of affiliation shall put in place coherent mechanisms, through, for example, bilateral cooperation agreements, to pay healthcare providers in the Member State of treatment for costs that would have been paid for by its statutory social security system, had the same or similar healthcare been provided in its territory. The Member State of affiliation shall reimburse the costs to the insured person, which would have been paid for by its statutory social security system had the same or similar healthcare been provided in its territory. In any event, it is for the Member State of affiliation to determine the healthcare that is paid for regardless of where it is provided.
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The costs of healthcare provided in another Member State shall be reimbursewhich has, for example, a bilateral cooperation agreement with the Member State of affiliation shall be paid by the Member State of affiliation in accordance with the provisions of this Directive up to the level of costs that would have been assumed had the same or similar healthcare been provided in the Member State of affiliation, without exceeding the actual costs of healthcare received.
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Member States of affiliation shall ensure that there are mechanisms in place to provide patients on request with information on receiving healthcare in another Member State, and the terms and conditions that would apply, inter alia, whenever harm is caused as a result of healthcare received in another Member State. Patients' organisations should be involved in cooperating with competent national authorities in the process of providing and disseminating information to patients.
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall designate national contact points for cross-border healthcare and communicate their names and contact details to the Commission. These national contact points should be established in an efficient and transparent way. The information about their existence should be appropriately disseminated across Member States, so that patients have an easy access to the information.
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The national contact point in the Member State of affiliation shall, in close cooperation with other competent national authorities, and with national contact points in other Member States, in particular in the Member State of treatment, with patients’ organisations and with the Commission: