Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022

What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

• Sets new risk equalisation credits payable to health insurers from 1 April 2023 to compensate for costs of insuring older and less healthy members under Ireland's community-rated health insurance market.
• Revises stamp duty levy rates on insurers from 1 April 2023 to fund the updated risk equalisation credits, maintaining the scheme as Exchequer neutral.
• Expands powers of Health Insurance Authority's authorised officers to enforce regulations against unregistered entities and require identity details from suspected offenders.

Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?

1. First Stage33rd Dáil

   24 Nov 2022
2. Second Stage33rd Dáil

   7 Dec 2022
3. Committee Stage33rd Dáil

   7 Dec 2022
4. Report Stage33rd Dáil

   7 Dec 2022
5. Fifth Stage33rd Dáil

   7 Dec 2022
6. Committee Stage26th Seanad

   14 Dec 2022
7. Report Stage26th Seanad

   14 Dec 2022
8. Fifth Stage26th Seanad

   14 Dec 2022
9. Enacted

   21 Dec 2022

Debates

• Second and Subsequent Stages14 Dec 2022↗
• Financial Resolution7 Dec 2022↗
• Second Stage (Resumed)1 Dec 2022↗
• Second Stage30 Nov 2022↗

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