Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023

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

• Updates Risk Equalisation Fund credits paid to insurers from 1 April 2024 to compensate for costs of insuring older and sicker members, with amounts varying by age, sex and cover type.
• Revises hospital utilisation credit amount and high-cost claims percentage applicable to health insurance contracts from 1 April 2024 onwards.
• Amends stamp duty rates in Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 for 1 January–31 March 2024 and from 1 April 2024 to fund the revised credits.

Stage timeline What do these stages mean?

1. First Stage 33rd Dáil

   16 Nov 2023
2. Second Stage 33rd Dáil

   21 Nov 2023
3. Second Stage 26th Seanad

   29 Nov 2023
4. Committee Stage 33rd Dáil

   29 Nov 2023
5. Report Stage 33rd Dáil

   29 Nov 2023
6. Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil

   29 Nov 2023
7. Fifth Stage 26th Seanad

   6 Dec 2023
8. Committee Stage 26th Seanad

   6 Dec 2023
9. Report Stage 26th Seanad

   6 Dec 2023
10. Enacted

    14 Dec 2023

Debates

• Second and Subsequent Stages 6 Dec 2023 ↗
• Financial Resolution 29 Nov 2023 ↗
• Second Stage 21 Nov 2023 ↗

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