Patient's Rights Law (Amendment – Preventing Medical Treatment for Terrorists in the Public Health System) Bill
Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק זכויות החולה (תיקון - מניעת טיפול רפואי למחבלים במערכת הבריאות הציבורית)
TL;DRThe bill restricts the right to medical treatment in the public health system for people charged with or convicted of terrorism offenses and unlawful combatants.
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What does the bill do?
The bill changes the Patient's Rights Law (1996) so that the law's provisions on the equal right to medical treatment will not apply to: unlawful combatants as defined in the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law, people in detention on a charge of a terrorism offense, and people convicted of a terrorism offense. The bill states that the restriction includes cases that are not life-saving or in which there are waiting lists, such as expensive MRI and CT scans.
The votes on this bill
Coalition 68 seats
Left the coalition 8 seats
Opposition 44 seats
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