6 Amendments of Charlotte CEDERSCHIÖLD related to 2008/0142(COD)
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The costs of healthcare provided in another Member State shall be reimbursed by the Member State of affiliation in accordance with the provisions of this Directive up to the level of costs that would have been assumed had the same or similatreatment which is equally effective for thealthcare patient been provided in the Member State of affiliation, without exceeding the actual costs of healthcare received. Member States may decide to cover other related costs.
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State of affiliation may impose on a patient seeking healthcare provided in another Member State, the same conditions, criteria of eligibility and regulatory and administrative formalities for receiving healthcare and reimbursement of healthcare costs as it would impose if the same or similar healthcare was provided in its territory, in so far as they are neither discriminatory nor an obstacle to freedom of movement of persons.
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – Title
Article 8 – Title
Hospital and specialised care Hospital care
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point (a)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point (a)
3. The Member State of affiliation may provide for a system of prior authorisation for reimbursement by its social security system of the cost of hospital care provided in another Member State where the following conditions are met: (a) healthcare which requires overnight accommodation of the patient in question for at least one nighcan be provided only within a medical infrastructure and which normally requires the accommodation of the patient. (b) the purpose of the system is to address the consequent outflow of patients due to the implementation of the present Article and to prevent it from seriously undermining, or being likely to seriously undermine: (i) the financial balance of the Member State’s social security system; and/or (ii) the planning and rationalisation carried out in the hospital sector to avoid hospital overcapacity, imbalance in the supply of hospital care and logistical and financial wastage, the maintenance of a balanced medical and hospital service open to all, or the maintenance of treatment capacity or medical competence on the territory of the concerned Member State.
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. TBy way of exception, the Member State of affiliation may provide for a system of prior authorisation for reimbursement by its social security system of the cost of hospital care provided in another Member State where the following conditions are metin the case where: (a) had the healthcare been provided in its territory, it would have been assumed by the Member State's social security system; and (b) the purpose of the system is to address the consequent outflow of patients due to the implementation of the present Article and to prevent it from seriously undermining, or being likely to seriously undermine: (i) the financial balance of the Member State's social security system; and/or (ii) the planning and rationalisation carried out in the hospital sector to avoid hospital overcapacity, imbalance in the supply of hospital care and logistical and financial wastage, the maintenance of a balanced medical and hospital service open to all, or the maintenance of treatment capacity or medical competence on the territory of the concerned Member Stateobjectives of the Member State in the hospital sector to ensure that there is a sufficient and permanent access to a balanced range of high quality hospital treatment on the territory of the concerned Member State and to avoid wastage of financial, technical and human resources.
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 9 – paragraph -1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Authorisation schemes shall be based on criteria which preclude the competent authorities from exercising their power of assessment in an arbitrary or discretionary manner.