LAW 696 OF 2001

(October 3)

Official Journal No. 44.573, 05 October 2001

by means of which the surplus resources of the 2000 term are allocated, from the insurance sub-account of catastrophic risks and traffic accidents of the Solidarity and Health Guarantee Fund.

The Congress of Colombia,

DECRETA:

ARTICLE 1o. Of the surplus resources of the fiscal year 2000 of the Sub-account of Catastrophic Risk Insurance and Traffic Accidents of the Solidarity and Health Guarantee Fund, 50 billion pesos ($50,000,000,000) to finance the restructuring program of public network health services institutions and a hundred billion pesos ($100,000,000,000) to guarantee the financial sustainability of public hospitals and health care for the related population not covered by the contributory and subsidised schemes and events not covered by the subsidised POS-s. These resources will be distributed progressively and in response to compliance by public hospitals with efficiency agreements signed with the Ministry of Health.

ARTICLE 2o. This law governs from the date of its publication.

The President (E.) of the honorable Senate of the Republic,

ISABEL CELIS YANEZ.

The Secretary General of the honorable Senate of the Republic,

MANUEL ENRIQUEZ ROSERO.

The President of the honorable House of Representatives,

GUILLERMO GAVIRIA ZAPATA.

The Secretary General of the honorable House of Representatives,

ANGELINO LIZANO RIVERA.

COLOMBIA-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

Publish and comply.

Dada en Bogotá, D. C., 3 October 2001.

ANDRES PASTRANA ARANGO

The Minister of Finance and Public Credit (E.),

FEDERICO RENJIFO VELEZ.