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Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024
- Sponsor
- Minister for Health
- Introduced
- 31 Jan 2024
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Excludes Rent a Room relief income (up to €14,000 yearly) from medical card and GP visit card financial assessments, preventing this income from affecting eligibility.
- Clarifies that pharmacists can supply approved medicines without prescriptions and identifies pharmacy as a location where healthcare professionals may administer medicines.
- Enables Minister to approve time-limited Medicines Substitution Protocols allowing pharmacists to therapeutically substitute medications during medicine shortages.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil31 Jan 2024
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil22 Feb 2024
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil22 Feb 2024
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil26 Jun 2024
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil26 Jun 2024
- Second Stage 26th Seanad3 Jul 2024
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad9 Jul 2024
- Report Stage 26th Seanad9 Jul 2024
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad9 Jul 2024
- Enacted15 Jul 2024
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