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25th Knesset · outgoing

National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Dispensing a Prescription Drug Given by Electronic or Manual Prescription under Arrangement Terms at All Pharmacies) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק ביטוח בריאות ממלכתי (תיקון - ניפוק תכשיר מרשם שניתן במרשם אלקטרוני או ידני בתנאי הסדר בכל בתי המרקחת)

TL;DRA proposal to allow health fund members to fill prescriptions at all pharmacies under uniform terms, without being limited to existing arrangements.

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What does the bill do?

The proposal amends the National Health Insurance Law to require health funds to enter into a uniform agreement with all pharmacies dispensing prescription drugs, on terms identical to those the fund has with other pharmacies. The goal is to ensure that health fund members can fill electronic or manual prescriptions at all pharmacies under uniform arrangement terms, instead of the existing condition that allows the funds to choose which pharmacies to include in the arrangement. The proposal also includes amendments to the Pharmacists Ordinance.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: November 27, 2024

The votes on this bill

Passed26 for · 0 against · 2 abstained · 92 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 68 seats

LikudFor 7 · Absent 25
ShasFor 4 · Absent 7
Religious ZionismFor 1 · Absent 6
NoamAbsent 1

Left the coalition 8 seats

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidAbstained 2 · Absent 22
Yisrael BeytenuFor 4 · Absent 2
Ra'amFor 5
Hadash–Ta'alFor 2 · Absent 3
LaborAbsent 4

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