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1988
1. Decree No. 10/1988. (VIII. 16.) SZEM of the Minister of Social Affairs and Health on the
treatment of the Hungarian patient in other countries
2. Decree No. 85/1988 (XII.15) SzEM of the Minister of Social Affairs and Health on the
Social Insurance Subsidies for Pharmaceuticals
● sets reimbursement categories of pharmaceuticals at 80, 90, or 100% (Article 2,
section 1)
3. Decree No. 22/1988. (XII. 26.) SzEM of the Minister of Social Affairs and Health on the
Social Insurance Subsidies for Pharmaceuticals
● determines the extent of subsidies provided for registered medicines
4. Act XXI of 1988 on the Social Insurance Fund (promulgated: 31/12/1988)
1989
● separates the Social Insurance Fund from the central government budget.
1. Decree No. 4/1989. (II. 17.) SzEM of the Minister of Social Affairs and Health on the
co-payment of certain health services (Article 1)
● introduces co-payments for the vaccine against tick-borne encephalitis
● determines that diagnostic services be paid upon request of the insurer
2. Decree No. 6/1989. (III. 22.) SZEM of the Minister of Social Affairs and Health on
Professional Colleges (see also Decree No. 16/1995. (IV. 13.) NM and
Decree No. 53/1996. (XII. 27.) NM and Decree No. 52/1999. (IX. 12.) EüM on the
Medical Professional Colleges)
● determines the advisory bodies of the minister of health in the relevant specialities and
professional areas
3. Order No. 5/1989. (SZEK 9.) SZEM of the Minister of Social Affairs and Health on the
Health Care Scientific Council (see also Decree No. 10/1997. (V. 23.) NM and
Decree No. 17/2001. (IV. 28.) EüM)
● determines the advisory body of the minister of health on health sciences and policy
4. Act XXXI of 1989 on the Amendment of Act XX of 1949 on the Constitution of the
Republic of Hungary (promulgated: 23/10/1989) (see also Act XL 1990 and Act LXIII
of 1990)
● establishes an independent democratic constitutional state and its core institutions: the
president, the National Assembly, the Constitutional Court (Article 32/A, section 3), the
ombudsmen (Article 32/B, section 1), and the central and local governments, whose
discretion is guaranteed over local Affairs (Article 44/A)
● declares that Hungary has a market economy (Article 9)
● establishes the right to private property (Article 14), and to peaceful assembly and
association (Article 62, 63)
● reinforces health as a fundamental right, including: a right to healthy environment
(Article 18), a right to physical and mental health (Article 70/D, section 1), a right to
income maintenance (Article 70/E)