Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2025

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

• Updates Risk Equalisation Fund credits paid to insurers from 1 April 2026, with revised amounts for age-related, hospital utilisation, and high-cost claims credits based on insured population data.
• Adjusts stamp duty levies on health insurance contracts to fund the revised credits, with transitional rates applying 1 January–31 March 2026, then new rates from 1 April 2026.
• Changes Health Insurance Authority Chair appointment term to align with state body governance code; updates high-cost claims percentage threshold.

Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?

1. First Stage34th Dáil

   18 Nov 2025
2. Second Stage34th Dáil

   18 Nov 2025
3. Committee Stage34th Dáil

   25 Nov 2025
4. Report Stage34th Dáil

   26 Nov 2025
5. Fifth Stage34th Dáil

   26 Nov 2025
6. Second Stage27th Seanad

   4 Dec 2025
7. Committee Stage27th Seanad

   4 Dec 2025
8. Report Stage27th Seanad

   4 Dec 2025
9. Fifth Stage27th Seanad

   4 Dec 2025
10. Enacted

    10 Dec 2025

Debates

• Second Stage4 Dec 2025↗
• Financial Resolution26 Nov 2025↗
• Second Stage25 Nov 2025↗

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