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Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: opposition postponement request to seek legal opinion
29 Mar 2023
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: deliberations on Legal Advisors input; with Deputy Minister present
22 Mar 2023
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI)) Bill: Parliamentary Legal Services & State Law Advisors input
15 Mar 2023
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Intellectual Property Rights from publicly financed research; IP to transform ownership of the economy; SA patent development landscape; with Deputy Minister
10 Mar 2023
The Portfolio Committee met with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) to receive a briefing on the outcome of the NIPMO review and progress on the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Act amendment process; how the DSI and the Technology Innovation ...
Health
Engagement with European Parliament’s Special Committee for Covid-19
22 Feb 2023
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
DHET Third Quarter Performance Report 2022/23; Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications Concerning Higher Education
15 Feb 2023
The Committee met with the Department of Higher Education to receive briefings on its 2022/23 quarter three performance report, and the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education.
The Department only achieved 21 (45%) of the 47 targets set for the quarter. At the end of ...
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: summary of public comments
22 Nov 2022
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing by its Content Advisor on the submissions made on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. The matrix document consolidated and summarised all stakeholder comments, recommendations and proposed amendments for each chapter and clause of ...
Health
NHI Bill: Health Minister's response to comments
17 Nov 2022
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
In a virtual meeting, the Minister of Health gave a response to concerns raised during the NHI Bill public hearings and by Committee members in deliberations.
Committee members expressed differing views about the Minister's response. ANC Members welcomed the presentation as the NHI ...
Health
Repeal / Amendment of Acts Affected by NHI Bill; with Deputy Minister
16 Nov 2022
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
On a virtual platform, the National Department of Health (NDoH) presented the repeals and amendments that were made to 11 pieces of legislation affected by the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. These Acts included Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, Occupational ...
Health
Health BRRR
19 Oct 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Health met on the virtual platform to consider and adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for the Department of Health and entities.
During the deliberation, Members raised a number of concerns and made a few suggestions. The Committee believed that ...