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25th Knesset · outgoing

Public Health Ordinance Amendment (Adding Medical Equipment to the Periphery) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק לתיקון פקודת בריאות העם (הוספת מכשור רפואי לפריפריה)

TL;DRA proposal to add advanced medical devices (CT, MRI and PET scanners) in three units in the north and three in the south.

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What does the bill do?

The proposal amends the Public Health Ordinance by adding a sixth schedule requiring the Minister of Health to issue licenses to supply medical devices in the periphery. Under the new schedule, there must be three units of general-purpose CT scanners, three units of MRI scanners and three units of PET scanners in each of the regions - north and south. In this legislation, the instructions of the Knesset Health Committee must also be taken into account, and the Minister of Health may change the schedule by order.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: February 18, 2026

The votes on this bill

Rejected35 for · 52 against · 0 abstained · 33 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudAgainst 26 · Absent 6
ShasAgainst 8 · Absent 3
United Torah JudaismAgainst 3 · Absent 4
Otzma YehuditAgainst 4 · Absent 2

Left the coalition 9 seats

NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 18 · Absent 6
Yisrael BeytenuFor 2 · Absent 4
Ra'amFor 3 · Absent 2
Hadash–Ta'alFor 3 · Absent 2
LaborFor 4

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