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Votes on the health system, hospitals and health maintenance organizations (HMOs)

Timeline

Second and third reading10The votes where a law passes or fails
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 73) Bill, 2026
May 13, 2026Third reading
Passed11 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Michal Waldiger, Iman Khatib-Yassin and 2 more
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 74) Bill, 2026
March 31, 2026Third reading
Passed14 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Avi Maoz, Nissim Vaturi and 11 more
Settlement of Accounts Between Hospitals and Health Funds (Mental Health) Bill, 2025
March 20, 2025Third reading
Passed64 / 50
Government bill
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 72 and Temporary Provision) Bill, 2025
January 13, 2025Third reading
Passed55 / 46
Government bill
Regulation of the Practice of Health Professions Law (Amendment No. 10) Bill, 2024
May 21, 2024Third reading
Passed7 / 0
Government bill
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 69 and Temporary Provision) Bill, 2024
March 13, 2024Third reading
Passed63 / 55
Government bill
Regulation of the Practice of Health Professions Law (Amendment No. 9) Bill, 2024 (P/2194/25)
March 5, 2024Third reading
Passed10 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Yosef Taieb, Tania Mazarsky and 5 more
Regulation of the Practice of Health Professions Law (Amendment No. 8) Bill, 2023
July 30, 2023Third reading
Passed10 / 0
Government billInitiator: Ahmad Tibi, Iman Khatib-Yassin and 2 more
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 67) Bill, 2023

This law expands eligibility under the National Health Insurance Law, 1994, for reimbursement of travel costs in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance, so that full reimbursement is given for the costs of transport to a hospital in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance when the insured person who was transported died before being admitted – but not more than the amount…

July 30, 2023Third reading
Passed7 / 0
Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Eti Atiya
Physicians Ordinance Amendment (No. 15) Bill, 2023
March 28, 2023Third reading
Passed52 / 0
Government bill
Preliminary and first reading44Bills at the start of the process
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reduction in Health Insurance Contributions for Residents of the Periphery) Bill, 2026

Reducing health insurance contributions to 50% of the required amount for residents of the Northern and Southern Districts.

June 24, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass24 / 41
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Michael Biton
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Narrowing Gaps between the Periphery and the Center) Bill, 2023

The proposal requires the state to improve health services and narrow gaps between the periphery and the center, and would require the Minister of Health to set standards and deadlines for implementation.

March 25, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass37 / 51
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Meir Cohen
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 74) (Eligibility for a Motorized Wheelchair That Can Be Operated by a Companion) Bill, 2026
January 26, 2026First reading
Passed27 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Avi Maoz, Nissim Vaturi and 11 more
Prisons Ordinance Amendment (Prohibition of Medical Treatment of Security Prisoners in Public Hospitals) Bill, 2025

The bill states that security prisoners will receive medical treatment inside prisons only, except in exceptional cases approved by the Prison Service Commissioner.

January 21, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass7 / 59
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Yulia Malinovsky, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 73) (Reimbursement of Ambulance Fees for a Mental Health Patient) Bill, 2025
January 6, 2026First reading
Passed11 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Michal Waldiger, Iman Khatib-Yassin and 2 more
Electricity Sector Law (Amendment – Reduced Rate for Hospitals in the Periphery) Bill, 2023

A proposal to grant a 50% reduced electricity rate to hospitals located in the periphery.

December 3, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass46 / 56
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Michael Biton
Electricity Sector Law (Amendment – Reduced Rate for Hospitals in the Periphery) Bill, 2023

A proposal to reduce the electricity rate for hospitals in the periphery to 50% of the general rate.

December 3, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass47 / 56
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Meir Cohen
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Adding Eligibility for Remote-Controlled Motorized Wheelchairs) Bill, 2025
November 19, 2025Preliminary reading
Passed87 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Avi Maoz, Nissim Vaturi and 11 more
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reduction in Health Insurance Contributions for Residents of the Periphery) Bill, 2024

A proposal to reduce health insurance contributions for residents of the north and south to half the current rate.

July 2, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass25 / 42
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Michael Biton
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reduction in Health Insurance Contributions for Residents of the Gaza Envelope and the Confrontation Line) (Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) Bill, 2024

A proposal to reduce health insurance contributions for residents of the Gaza border area and the north who were harmed by the Iron Swords War.

June 4, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass33 / 51
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Ron Katz
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reimbursement of Ambulance Fees for Persons Who Have Reached Retirement Age) Bill, 2023

The proposal provides for reimbursement of 85% of the costs of ambulance or mobile intensive care unit transport for insured persons who have reached retirement age and were not hospitalized.

February 19, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass28 / 45
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Iman Khatib-Yassin, Mansour Abbas and 3 more
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 69 and Temporary Provision) (Amendment) Bill, 2024
January 6, 2025First reading
Passed52 / 42
Government bill
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Payment for a Prescription Drug at a Pharmacy without an Arrangement with a Health Fund) Bill, 2023

A proposal to require health maintenance organizations to give their members payment benefits also at private pharmacies with which they have no arrangement.

November 27, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed23 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Yasir Hujeirat, Mansour Abbas and 3 more
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Dispensing a Prescription Drug Given by Electronic or Manual Prescription under Arrangement Terms at All Pharmacies) Bill, 2024

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

November 27, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed26 / 0
Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Shalom Danino
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Co-payment for Purchasing a Prescription Drug from a Pharmacy Not in an Arrangement with the Health Fund) Bill, 2023

A bill to amend the National Health Insurance Law: the co-payment for a prescription drug from a pharmacy that has no arrangement with the health maintenance organization will be identical to that at a pharmacy with an arrangement.

November 27, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed20 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Ahmad Tibi
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Co-payment for Purchasing a Prescription Drug from a Pharmacy Not in an Arrangement with the Health Fund) Bill, 2023

A bill to amend the National Health Insurance Law: an insured person's co-payment for buying a prescription drug at a pharmacy that has no arrangement with the health maintenance organization will be equal to the co-payment at a pharmacy with an arrangement.

November 27, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed25 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Oded Forer, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Subsidizing Portable Oxygen Concentrators) Bill, 2023

The proposal provides for supplying portable oxygen concentrators under national health insurance, with a 10% co-payment by the insured person.

November 27, 2024Preliminary reading
Did not pass15 / 42
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Iman Khatib-Yassin, Mansour Abbas and 3 more
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reimbursement of Ambulance Fees for a Mental Health Patient) Bill, 2023

The bill requires full reimbursement of ambulance travel costs for mental health patients, even if they were not admitted to the hospital.

July 10, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed25 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Iman Khatib-Yassin
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reimbursement of Ambulance Fees for a Mental Health Patient) Bill, 2022
July 10, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed25 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Michal Waldiger, Iman Khatib-Yassin and 2 more
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reimbursement of Ambulance Fees for a Mental Health Patient) Bill, 2023

The proposal requires full reimbursement of ambulance transport fees for mental health patients, even if they were not admitted to a hospital.

July 10, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed25 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Waleed Alhwashla
Showing 20 of 44
Other plenum votes5Approvals, motions for the agenda and procedural decisions
Transfer of Chapter D (Settlement of Accounts between Hospitals and Health Funds for the Years 2026 to 2030), only the proposed Section 16 in Section 9, titled "Payment for a health service provided outside the premises of a general public hospital", from the Economic Efficiency (Legislative Amendments for Achieving the Budget Targets for the 2026 Budget Year) Bill, 2026, from the House Committee to the Health Committee

A bill to set a settlement mechanism between hospitals and health maintenance organizations for the years 2026 to 2030

March 11, 2026Transfer of the bill between committees
Did not pass0 / 0
Government bill
Urgent motion for the agenda on the subject: The non-appointment of the public committee for the health basket
November 12, 2025Motion for the agenda
Passed8 / 0
Decision of the Health Committee on splitting the National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 65) (Reimbursement of Ambulance Travel Costs for a Nursing-Care Patient and for a Patient Who Died) Bill, 2022

This law expands eligibility under the National Health Insurance Law, 1994, for reimbursement of travel costs in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance, so that full reimbursement is given for the costs of transport to a hospital in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance when the insured person who was transported died before being admitted – but not more than the amount…

July 24, 2023Decision on debate procedure
Passed12 / 0
Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Eti Atiya
Decision of the Health Committee on its wish to apply continuity to the National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 65) (Reimbursement of Ambulance Travel Costs for a Nursing-Care Patient and for a Patient Who Died) Bill, 2022 (P/1382/24)

This law expands eligibility under the National Health Insurance Law, 1994, for reimbursement of travel costs in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance, so that full reimbursement is given for the costs of transport to a hospital in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance when the insured person who was transported died before being admitted – but not more than the amount…

May 1, 2023Continuity (bill carried over)
Passed6 / 0
Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Eti Atiya
Government announcement of its wish to apply continuity to the Physicians Ordinance Amendment (No. 13 and Temporary Provision) (Performing Procedures in the Patient's Home) Bill, 2022
February 21, 2023Continuity (bill carried over)
Passed17 / 1
Government bill

Knesset map by topic

A weighted position for each MK across all the votes on this topic (a third reading counts for more). 🟡 Mixed = voted both for and against in different votes. The map shows 143 MKs: 120 serving today, plus 23 who served at some point in the current term and actually voted on this topic - which is why the number is above 120.

Coalition(67 seats)

Likud· 37
Shas· 14

Left the coalition(9 seats)

Noam· 1

Opposition(44 seats)

Ra'am· 5
Labor· 4