Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021

What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

• Revises risk equalisation credits paid from the Fund to health insurers from 1 April 2022 for insuring older and less healthy members, with corresponding stamp duty levy adjustments to fund these credits.
• Introduces high cost claims credit to the Risk Equalisation Scheme, allowing insurers to claim compensation for individual high-cost claims above specified thresholds, strengthening health status measurement.
• Adds a time limit for claiming risk equalisation credits and adjusts the benchmark for assessing insurer overcompensation; amends Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 to set new duty rates from 1 April 2022.

Stage timeline What do these stages mean?

1. First Stage 33rd Dáil

   1 Dec 2021
2. Second Stage 33rd Dáil

   1 Dec 2021
3. Committee Stage 33rd Dáil

   8 Dec 2021
4. Report Stage 33rd Dáil

   8 Dec 2021
5. Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil

   8 Dec 2021
6. Second Stage 26th Seanad

   8 Dec 2021
7. Committee Stage 26th Seanad

   15 Dec 2021
8. Report Stage 26th Seanad

   15 Dec 2021
9. Fifth Stage 26th Seanad

   15 Dec 2021
10. Enacted

    22 Dec 2021

Debates

• Second Stage 15 Dec 2021 ↗
• Second Stage (Resumed) 8 Dec 2021 ↗
• Second Stage 7 Dec 2021 ↗

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