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● determines the requirements for providing home care
8. Act LXXXVII of 1996 on the Amendment of Act II of 1975 on Social Insurance
(promulgated: 16/11/1996)
● widens the social insurance contribution base
● decreases the employer health insurance contribution rate by 3% points (Article 10)
● halts central government transfers for non-contributing groups in their previous form
(Article 21 modifies Article 119 of Act II of 1975)
9. Act LXXXVIII of 1996 on the Hypothecated health care tax (promulgated: 16/11/1996)
and its executive order Government Decree No. 202/1996. (XII. 23.) Korm.
● introduces an earmarked lump sum tax for health services in order to collect funds to
cover expenditure for social groups entitled to health services (Article 1)
10. Government Decree No. 173/1996. (XI.29.) Korm. on the National Statistical Data
Collection Program for 1997 and on the Amendment of Government Decree No. 170/1993.
(XII.3.) Korm. on the Executive Order of Act XLVI of 1993 on Statistics Annex, items
No. 1630 and 1631
11. Act CXXI of 1996 on the Amendment of Act XXXVIII of 1992 and Related Laws
(promulgated: 21/12/1996)
● curtails the rights of the self governments of social insurance (Article 55 and 56)
12. Act CXXV of 1996 on the Social Insurance Funds’ Budget of 1997
(promulgated: 25/12/1996)
● modifies the performance principle in the payment system and introduces a new fixed
(guaranteed) element
● abolishes cross-subsidization between social insurance funds (Article 30,
section 2 repeals Article 3, section 5 of Act LXXXIV of 1992)
13. Act CXXVI of 1996 on the Use of a Specified Amount of Personal Income Tax for Public
Purposes in Accordance with the Taxpayer’s Instruction (promulgated: 26/12/1996)
● stipulates that taxpayers can offer 1% of their personal income tax to non-profit
organizations, including those in the area of health services
14. Government Decree No. 238/1996. (XII. 26.) Korm. on the Amendment of
Decree No. 103/1995. (VIII. 25.) Korm. on Certain Aspects of the Social Insurance
Financing of Health Services
● unifies the base fee for all hospitals in the country in acute inpatient care over a
12-month period as of 1 March 1998 (3) (24(6))
● introduces a fixed element to the payment of providers (Article 10, section (3) (20(8)))
15. Decree No. 55/1996. (XII. 27.) NM of the Minister of Welfare on the National Emergency
Ambulance Service (see also the Deed of Foundation in the Welfare Gazette 1997/11).
1997
1. Government Decree No. 40/1997 (III.5.) Korm. on the Naturopathic Practice {Practice of
Alternative Medicine} and Decree No. 11/1997. (V. 28.) NM of the Minister of Welfare on
Certain Aspects of the Practice of Naturopathy {Alternative Medicine}
● regulates complementary and alternative medicine
2. Act XXXI of 1997 on the Protection of Children and the Public Administration of
Guardianship (promulgated: 08/05/1997)