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● describes the payment systems of various services in detail
● introduces the concept of ‘daytime institutional care’ (Article 25, sections (1) and (4))
7. Government Decree No. 91/1993. (VI. 9.) Korm. on the Establishment of the National
Pension Insurance Administration and the National Health Insurance Fund
Administration and their Administrative Organs and Other Measures in Connection
with this
● divides the Social Insurance Fund Administration is divided into the National Health
Insurance Fund Administration and the National Pension Insurance Administration
as of July 1993
● determines the organizational structure of the National Health Insurance Fund
Administration (NHIFA)
8. Act LXXX of 1993 on Higher Education (promulgated: 03/08/1993)
● places medical universities under the supervision of the Ministry of Education
9. Act XCII of 1993 on the Amendment of Certain Provision of the Civil Code
(promulgated: 30/10/1993)
● provides the legal framework for the establishment of non-profit corporations in the
areas of public benefit activities, including health care
10. Act XCVI of 1993 on Voluntary Mutual Insurance Funds (promulgated: 06/12/1993)
1994
● provides the legal framework for the establishment of voluntary non-profit insurance
in the area of health, pension and self-support.
1. Decree No. 6/1994 (IV.1.) NM of the Minister of Welfare on the Amendment of
Decree No. 9/1993 (IV.2.) NM
● includes a first list of day care services (Article 1 to be inserted as Article 9/A and
Annex 5 to be inserted as Annex 9 into the Original Decree.)
2. Act XXVIII of 1994 on the Hungarian Medical Chamber (promulgated: 05/04/1994)
● makes membership compulsory for all practising physicians
● gives the Medical Chamber the right to establish ethical norms and procedures, to
negotiate the general rules and content of contracts between the NHIFA and physicians
and to participate in health policy formulation
3. Decree No. 16/1994. (IV. 26.) KHVM of the Minister of Transport, Communication and
Water Management on the Scope of Insurance by the Railway Health Insurance and the
Rules of Referral to the Institutions of the Railway Health Service
● integrates the railway health service into the main system of funding and delivery
● gives priority to railway workers and their dependants with regard to utilization
4. Resolution No. 1030/1994. (IV. 29.) Korm. on the Principles of Long Term Health
Promotion Policy
● sets health policy goals and targets of the government
5. Act LI of 1994 on the Hungarian Chamber of Pharmacists (promulgated: 07/05/1994)
● makes membership compulsory for all practising pharmacists, based on the same
principles as in the case of the Hungarian Medical Chamber (see Act XXVIII of 1994)
6. Act LIV of 1994 on the Establishment and Rules of Operation of Pharmacies
(promulgated: 07/05/1994)