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Law Amending The Law On Compulsory Insurance Health Care And Benefits, Co-Ordinated On 14 July 1994, For Approval And Funding Of The Teams Of Palliative Home Care For Children (1)

Original Language Title: Loi modifiant la loi relative à l'assurance obligatoire soins de santé et indemnités, coordonnée le 14 juillet 1994, en vue de l'agrément et du financement des équipes de soins palliatifs à domicile pour enfants (1)

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5 MARCH 2009. - An Act to amend the Compulsory Health Care and Compensation Insurance Act, coordinated on July 14, 1994, for the accreditation and funding of children's home palliative care teams (1)



ALBERT II, King of the Belgians,
To all, present and to come, Hi.
The rooms have adopted and We know the following:
Article 1er. This Act regulates a matter referred to in Article 78 of the Constitution.
Art. 2. Section 22, 6°ter, of the Compulsory Health Care Insurance Act and Coordinated Allowances on July 14, 1994, inserted by the Act of February 22, 1998, is replaced by the following provision:
"6°ter concludes, on the proposal of the College of Physicians and Directors, the conventions referred to in Article 23, § 3bis, with the multidisciplinary support teams referred to in Article 34, 21°, and with the palliative care teams at home referred to in Article 34, 21°bis. »
Art. 3. In Article 23, § 3bis, of the same law, inserted by the same law, between the words " referred to in Article 34, 21°", and the words "projects" are inserted the words "and with the palliative care teams at home referred to in Article 34, 21°bis,".
Art. 4. It is inserted in article 34 of the same law, a 21°bis, written as follows:
"21°bis palliative care provided by pediatric palliative care teams at home who meet the following conditions:
1° be part of palliative care associations active in the geographic area it covers or collaborates with them;
2° having worked at least five years effectively as a pediatric palliative care team at home and providing an essential contribution to home palliative care of at least 100 pediatric patients;
3° collaborate and consult with frontline care providers, advise them on all aspects of palliative care, and provide training and information;
4° ensure good organization and coordination of home palliative care;
5° provide psychological and moral support to the patient and his/her loved ones, as well as to frontline care providers;
6° after consultation and in agreement with the family physician, first-line care providers and, where applicable, mobile hospital teams, ensure continuity of assistance and care when the palliative patient leaves his home to be admitted to a hospital, a residential palliative care unit or any other form of a registered accommodation institution, or when he leaves the hospital, the residential unit of care other
7° is responsible for the practical training and support of volunteers who perform certain tasks in palliative care;
8° be organized to be accessible day and night at all times;
9° frame with the programming defined by the King;
10° ensure that the care provided is subject to a regular, concerted assessment with front-line care providers, by the registration of medical, medical, technical and nursing performed; the recording shall show the duration of the processing and the relevance of the technical acts performed;
11° to report annually, for June 30 of the following year, to the Health Care Insurance Committee of the National Institute of Disability Health Insurance, a report containing the elements specified in the conventions referred to in articles 22, 6°ter, and 23, § 3bis, of the Compulsory Health Care and Compensation Insurance Act, coordinated on July 14, 1994. »
Art. 5. This Act comes into force on the date fixed by the King and no later than 31 December 2009.
ALBERT
By the King:
Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health,
Ms. L. ONKELINX
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Notes
(1) 2007-2008 session:
Senate.
Documents. - 4-814 - No. 1: Proposal for a law by Ms. Vanlerbeghe et al.
2008-2009:
Documents. - 4-814 - No. 2: Amendments. - 4-814 - Number 3: Report. - 4-814 - No. 4: Text adopted by the commission. - 4-814 - No. 5: Text adopted in plenary meeting and transmitted to the House of Representatives.
See also:
Annales of the Senate: December 11, 2008.
House of Representatives.
Documents. - 1675 - 001: Project transmitted by the Senate. - 1675 - 002: Report. - 1675 - 003: Text adopted in plenary and subject to Royal Assent.
See also:
Full report: 5 March 2009.