Patient's Rights Law (Amendment – Treatment Within a Reasonable Time) Bill

What does the bill do?

The bill amends the Patient's Rights Law (1996) in three ways: (1) setting a duty to provide treatment within a reasonable time according to the nature of the treatment, with the minister setting categories of treatment and reasonable times in coordination with the health maintenance organizations and government oversight; (2) defining a breach of this reasonable time as a civil tort; (3) a provision that a court may award compensation up to a certain amount without the need to prove damage, if proving the damage is impossible or particularly difficult.