| Proposed Bill | Purpose as per Legislative Programme | Expected Publication Date |
| Health (General Practitioner Medical Service) Bill | To provide for the extending of a publicly funded GP service without fees | During the Autumn 2013 Session |
| Medical Practitioners (Amendment) (Medical Indemnity Insurance) Bill | To make it mandatory for registration purposes for all medical practitioners engaged in the practice of medicine to have adequate medical indemnity insurance | During the Autumn 2013 Session |
| Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill | To introduce a number of measures to regulate the use of sunbeds including a prohibition of their use by those under 18 years of age | During the Autumn 2013 Session |
| Health Information Bill | To provide a legislative framework for the better governance of health information and initiatives including data matching and health information resources for use in the health service | No indication as to when publication is expected |
| Human Tissue Bill | To meet the key recommendation of the Madden Report that no hospital post-mortem may be carried out and no tissue retained after post-mortem without consent. It will also address other matters relating to human tissue including consent arrangements for transplantation and research purposes | No indication as to when publication is expected |
| Licensing of Healthcare Facilities Bill | To provide for a mandatory system of licensing for public and private healthcare facilities | No indication as to when publication is expected |
| Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill | To amend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 in relation to a number of issues | No indication as to when publication is expected |
Your William Fry contacts: Fiona Barry & Margaret Muldowney
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