Activities of Olle SCHMIDT related to 2008/0142(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Patients' rights in cross-border healthcare (debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive
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 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 determWhen reimbursing treatments received in other Member States, the Member State of affiliation shall recognize and reimburse methods of treatment used ine the healthcare that is paid for regardless of where it is providedMember State of treatment, provided that the method is sufficiently tried and tested by international medical science.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Hospital and specialised care 1. For the purposes of reimbursement of healthcare provided in another Member State in accordance with this Directive, hospital care shall mean: (a)- healthcare which requires overnight accommodation of the patient in question for at least one night. (b) healthcare, included in a specific list, that does not require overnight accommodation of the patient for at least one night. This list shall be limited to: - healthcare that requires use of highly specialised andthat is highly specialised and/or requires use of cost-intensive medical infrastructure or medical equipment; or - healthcare involving treatments presenting a particular risk for the patient or the population.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. This list shall be set up and may be regularly updated by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amene Member State of affiliation shall decide which healthcare provided non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 19(3) their territory that constitutes hospital care according to the criteria in paragraph 1 of this Article, and report this to the Commission.
Amendment 217 #
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 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 determWhen reimbursing treatments received in other Member States, the Member State of affiliation shall recognize and reimburse methods of treatment used ine the healthcare that is paid for regardless of where it is providedMember State of treatment, provided that the method is sufficiently tried and tested by international medical science.