Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009

Amendment of Act of 1994.

8.— The Act of 1994 is amended by inserting the following sections after section 7A:

“Submission of new type of health insurance contract and furnishing of certain other types of health insurance contract to Authority.

7AB. (1) Where a registered undertaking proposes, on or after the commencement of section 8 of the Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, to offer in the State a new type of health insurance contract (and regardless of whether the contract is already offered outside the State by the undertaking or any other person), it shall, not later than 10 working days before first making any such offer, submit a sample of the contract to the Authority.

(2) A registered undertaking shall, not later than 3 months after the commencement of section 8 of the Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, furnish to the Authority a sample of every type of health insurance contract that either—

(a) is on offer by it in the State on that commencement, or

(b) is no longer on offer by it in the State but in respect of which one or more than one health insurance contract of such type—

(i) has been effected by it before that commencement, and

(ii) is in force on that commencement.

(3) The reference in subsection (1) to a new type of health insurance contract includes a health insurance contract which has been altered in any material particular subsequent to the submission of a sample of the contract to the Authority pursuant to that subsection.

Register of Health Insurance Contracts.

7AC.— (1) The Authority shall, as soon as may be after the commencement of section 8 of the Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, establish and maintain a register to be known as The Register of Health Insurance Contracts.

(2) The Register of Health Insurance Contracts shall be in such form and shall contain such particulars relating to any type of health insurance contract on offer in the State on or after the establishment of the Register as may be specified by the Authority.

(3) The Authority shall ensure that the contents of The Register of Health Insurance Contracts are available for inspection by members of the public free of charge at the office of the Authority during normal working hours.

(4) The Authority may make the contents of The Register of Health Insurance Contracts available for inspection by members of the public free of charge on the Authority’s website.”.