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Doha
Qatar’s Shura Council on Monday discussed a draft law that seeks to make health insurance mandatory for residents and visitors. It goes one step ahead to ensure compliance by making health insurance a pre-requisite for applying or renewing resident permits as well as entry and visit visas.
The draft law provides for the provision of health care services to beneficiaries in emergency situations without requiring them to pay any amounts until the danger is overcome even if the service provider is not within the network of health care service providers to the beneficiary, and that this does not prejudice the right of the health care service provider to refer to a company insurance, or the employer or the recruiter, as the case may be, to pay the cost of this service.
The draft law defines the rights and duties of patients that must be observed when receiving health care services and the obligations of the parties to the insurance contract and providers of health care services, as well as the penalties for violators of its provisions.
The Council decided to refer the aforementioned draft law to the Public Services and Utilities Committee for study and to submit a report on it to the Council.
The draft law, which has 47 articles and six chapters, was discussed at the Council’s regular weekly meeting held via videoconferencing under the chairmanship of Speaker HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud.
The Council also listened to Planning and Statistics Authority President Dr Saleh bin Mohammad Al Nabit on Qatar’s efforts regarding Qatar National Vision 2030 and the challenges it faces.
The Speaker said the Qatar National Vision 2030 is a road map for the future and constitutes a platform for action by which the State will be enlightened in its development in various fields during the coming decades so that Qatar's citizens and residents benefit from its development.
His Excellency indicated that HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani summarized this vision in an introduction in 2008, in which His Highness said, "Qatar National Vision 2030 builds a bridge between the present and the future. It envisages a vibrant and prosperous country in which there is economic and social justice for all, and in which nature and man are in harmony. We need to galvanize our collective energies and direct them toward these aspirations. Strong Islamic and family values will provide our moral and ethical compass."
His Excellency expressed the Council's appreciation for the role of the Planning and Statistics Authority and before it the General Secretariat for Development Planning in preparing the first and second National Development Strategies and setting the necessary mechanisms to monitor and follow up on them in order to convert the goals of Qatar National Vision into a tangible reality in the country.
He stressed the importance of an effective mechanism to attract qualified national human cadres and create an attractive work environment for them in the field of planning and strategies, the role of the private sector and the role of the Qatari citizen in implementing the strategy, taking into account the specificity of the Qatari society, its heritage and culture.
His Excellency explained that the invitation of HE President of the Planning and Statistics Authority comes to learn about the features of the current strategy and its objectives, especially the short-term goals that enable the people of Qatar to see their results in their daily lives within a short period, and the nature of guarantees that will make the strategy bear fruit in the short, medium and long term. It also comes within the framework of the Council's contribution to the reform and development process that the country is going through and keeping pace with the development plans, foremost of which is Qatar National Vision 2030 in a way that ensures concerted efforts in an integrative work aimed at achieving the vision led by HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.
Doha
Qatar’s Shura Council on Monday discussed a draft law that seeks to make health insurance mandatory for residents and visitors. It goes one step ahead to ensure compliance by making health insurance a pre-requisite for applying or renewing resident permits as well as entry and visit visas.
The draft law provides for the provision of health care services to beneficiaries in emergency situations without requiring them to pay any amounts until the danger is overcome even if the service provider is not within the network of health care service providers to the beneficiary, and that this does not prejudice the right of the health care service provider to refer to a company insurance, or the employer or the recruiter, as the case may be, to pay the cost of this service.
The draft law defines the rights and duties of patients that must be observed when receiving health care services and the obligations of the parties to the insurance contract and providers of health care services, as well as the penalties for violators of its provisions.
The Council decided to refer the aforementioned draft law to the Public Services and Utilities Committee for study and to submit a report on it to the Council.
The draft law, which has 47 articles and six chapters, was discussed at the Council’s regular weekly meeting held via videoconferencing under the chairmanship of Speaker HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud.
The Council also listened to Planning and Statistics Authority President Dr Saleh bin Mohammad Al Nabit on Qatar’s efforts regarding Qatar National Vision 2030 and the challenges it faces.
The Speaker said the Qatar National Vision 2030 is a road map for the future and constitutes a platform for action by which the State will be enlightened in its development in various fields during the coming decades so that Qatar's citizens and residents benefit from its development.
His Excellency indicated that HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani summarized this vision in an introduction in 2008, in which His Highness said, "Qatar National Vision 2030 builds a bridge between the present and the future. It envisages a vibrant and prosperous country in which there is economic and social justice for all, and in which nature and man are in harmony. We need to galvanize our collective energies and direct them toward these aspirations. Strong Islamic and family values will provide our moral and ethical compass."
His Excellency expressed the Council's appreciation for the role of the Planning and Statistics Authority and before it the General Secretariat for Development Planning in preparing the first and second National Development Strategies and setting the necessary mechanisms to monitor and follow up on them in order to convert the goals of Qatar National Vision into a tangible reality in the country.
He stressed the importance of an effective mechanism to attract qualified national human cadres and create an attractive work environment for them in the field of planning and strategies, the role of the private sector and the role of the Qatari citizen in implementing the strategy, taking into account the specificity of the Qatari society, its heritage and culture.
His Excellency explained that the invitation of HE President of the Planning and Statistics Authority comes to learn about the features of the current strategy and its objectives, especially the short-term goals that enable the people of Qatar to see their results in their daily lives within a short period, and the nature of guarantees that will make the strategy bear fruit in the short, medium and long term. It also comes within the framework of the Council's contribution to the reform and development process that the country is going through and keeping pace with the development plans, foremost of which is Qatar National Vision 2030 in a way that ensures concerted efforts in an integrative work aimed at achieving the vision led by HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.
