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Tuesday, 12 November 2013
19th Sitting of the Health and Family Committee
At the sitting held on 12 November, the members of the Health and Family Committee discussed, in principle, the Bill on the Exercise of Right to Health Care of Children, Pregnant Women and Mothers, submitted by Member of Parliament Dr Nebojsa Stefanovic.
In the course of the discussion the Committee members said how important it is to pass the Bill so as to protect and improve the health of children, pregnant women and mothers. They stated that the issue of efficient healthcare for other vulnerable population categories, such the disabled and persons with developmental problems, remains to be addressed.
The importance of the Bill was also underlined by Assistant Minister of Health Prim. Dr Zoran Kovacevic, Director of the Republic Health Insurance Fund Prof. Dr Momcilo Babic and the President of the Health Council of Serbia Prof. Dr Dragan Delic.
After the discussion, the Committee members adopted the Bill on the Exercise of Right to Health Care of Children, Pregnant Women and Mothers, in principle.
The Committee went on to forward a suggestion to the National Assembly Speaker to set up a working group to ascertain the legal framework for the establishment of a single healthcare fund for the treatment of children, so as to prevent the misuse of funds collected for such purposes.
The Committee members also appealed to family Ognjanovic, asking that the unspent money collected in the humanitarian drive be used for the treatment of other children in need.
The sitting was chaired by Prof. Dr Dusan Milisavljevic, Committee Chairman.
Committees related to this activity
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9.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Family (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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9.30 - sitting of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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11.00 - sitting of the Committee on Labour, Social Issues, Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.00 - the Head of the PFG with Cuba meets with the Charge d’Affaires and former Cuban Ambassador to Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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11.00 - press conference of MP Milija Miletic (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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12.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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14.00 - eight National Assembly committees meet with a delegation of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)