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THE
MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No:
627/1999/QD-BYT
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Hanoi,
March 02, 1999
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DECISION
PROMULGATING THE
REGULATION ON ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF VIETNAM HEALTH INSURANCE
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH
Pursuant to Decree No.68/CP of October 11,
1993 of the Government defining the tasks, powers and organizational structure
of the Ministry of Health;
Pursuant to Decree No.58/1998/ND-CP of August 13, 1998 of the Government
promulgating the Regulation on Health Insurance;
Pursuant to Official Dispatch No.25/TCCP-TCBC of January 21, 1999 of the
Minister-Head of the Government Commission for Organization and Personnel on
the agreement to issue the Regulation on Organization and Operation of Vietnam
Health Insurance;
At the proposal of the Director of the Health Ministry’s Organization and
Personnel Department,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To promulgate
together with this Decision the Regulation on Organization and Operation of
Vietnam Health Insurance.
Article 2.- This Decision
takes effect as from January 1st, 1999.
Article 3.- The director of
the Office, the directors of the Organization and Personnel Department, the
Legal Department, the Therapy Department, the Finance-Accountancy Department
and the Planning Department of the Ministry of Health as well as the General
Director of Vietnam Health Insurance shall have to implement this Decision.
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MINISTER OF HEALTH
Do Nguyen Phuong
REGULATION
ON ORGANIZATION
AND OPERATION OF VIETNAM HEALTH INSURANCE
(Issued
together with Decision No.627/1999/QD-BYT of March 2, 1999 of the Minister of
Health)
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- Vietnam Health
Insurance is established under the Government’s Decree No.58/1998/ND-CP of
August 13, 1998 in order to manage and implement the health insurance policy
according to the regulations of the State.
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Article 3.- Vietnam Health
Insurance is organized and managed in a concentrated and unified system, from
the central to grassroots levels.
Article 4.- The fund for
regular operation of Vietnam Health Insurance is deducted from the health
insurance revenues according to the provisions of the Regulation on Health
Insurance and legal documents guiding the implementation thereof issued by the
competent State agencies.
Chapter II
TASKS AND POWERS OF VIETNAM HEALTH INSURANCE
Article 5.- Vietnam Health
Insurance has the following tasks and powers:
1. To organize the nationwide implementation of the
Health Insurance Regulation, issued together with Decree No. 58/1998/ND-CP of
August 13, 1998 of the Government;
2. To manage the revenues and expenditures of
the health insurance fund in the whole country; to propose plans for
preservation and development of the health insurance fund and organize the
implementation thereof after they are ratified; print, issue and manage the
health insurance cards;
3. To manage organizations, personnel as well as
material and technical bases within the entire health insurance system
according to the stipulations of the State;
4. To organize the training, re-training and
fostering of professional skills for personnel; to study and apply
scientific-technological advances in the health insurance field; to promote the
international health insurance cooperation under the authorization of the
Minister of Health;
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6. To organize the work of information,
propagation and explanation for the health insurance regime and policies.
Chapter III
GENERAL DIRECTOR AND HIS/HER ASSISTING APPARATUS
Article 6.- Vietnam Health
Insurance is managed and run by its General Director according to the one-boss
regime. Assistant to the General Director are the Deputy General Directors.
Vietnam Health Insurance’s General Director
shall be appointed and dismissed by the Minister of Health at the proposal of
Vietnam Health Insurance Management Board and after consulting the
Minister-Head of the Government Commission for Organization and Personnel.
Vietnam Health Insurance’s Deputy General Directors shall be appointed and
dismissed by the Minister of Health at the proposal of Vietnam Health Insurance
General Director;
The assisting apparatus of Vietnam Health
Insurance’s General Director is composed of:
1. The Office,
2. The Exploitation Department,
3. The Expertise Department,
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5. The Organization- Personnel Department,
6. The Internal Audit Department,
7. The International Cooperation Department,
8. The Information and Propaganda Department,
9. The Informatics Center,
10. The Training Center,
11. Vietnam Health Insurance’s Representative
Office in Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam Health Insurance’s General Director
shall specify the functions, tasks, powers and working relationship of the
above-said organizations.
Article 7.- Tasks and
powers of Vietnam Health Insurance’s General Director:
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2. To elaborate the development strategy and
action plan to be submitted to Vietnam Health Insurance’s Management Board and
organize the implementation thereof after they are ratified.
3. To elaborate and submit to the State
management agencies plans on labor, wages and specific health insurance regime
in conformity with the State’s regulations;
4. To appoint, dismiss and specify functions,
tasks and powers of the following titles: directors and deputy directors of the
office, heads and deputy heads of the departments and directors and deputy
directors of the centers of Vietnam Health Insurance, after getting the consent
of the Minister of Health;
5. To appoint, dismiss and transfer directors of
Health Insurance of the provinces, centrally-run cities and branches after
consulting the People’s Committees of the respective provinces or centrally-run
cities, the branch leadership as well as the Minister of Health. Where opinions
are divergent, Vietnam Health Insurance’s General Director shall make
appointment and dismissal at the direction of the Minister of Health;
To appoint and dismiss the deputy directors,
chief accountant, section heads and equivalent titles of the Health Insurance
of the provinces, centrally-run cities and branches;
6. To establish and specify functions, tasks,
powers and working relations of the Health Insurance branches of the districts,
provincial towns and cities (referred to collectively as the district Vietnam
Health Insurance branches) and the specialized professional sections of the
Health Insurance of the provinces, centrally-run cities and branches;
7. To establish criteria for officials and
employees in the Vietnam Health Insurance system and submit them to the
Minister of Health for ratification;
8. To determine the staff and allocate labor
norms in the Vietnam Health Insurance system, based on the tasks, wage fund and
development requirements of Vietnam Health Insurance;
9. To take in and assign tasks to officials and
employees and issue, direct the implementation of the procedures for
recruitment of officials, employees as well as laborers in the Vietnam Health
Insurance system;
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Chapter IV
HEALTH INSURANCE OF PROVINCES AND CENTRALLY-RUN
CITIES, AND HEALTH INSURANCE OF BRANCHES
Article 8.- The Health
Insurance of the provinces and centrally-run cities and Health Insurance of
branches are units attached to Vietnam Health Insurance, having their own legal
person status, head offices, bank accounts and seals.
Article 9.- The Health
Insurance of the provinces and centrally-run cities and branches shall be
managed and run by their respective directors according to the one-boss regime.
The director shall be assisted by the deputy directors.
The assisting apparatus of the director of the
Health Insurance a province or centrally-run city or a branch is composed of:
1. The Administration-General Affairs Section,
2. The Exploitation Section,
3. The Expertise Section,
4. The Accountancy Section.
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Article 10.- Tasks and
powers of the director of the Health Insurance a province or centrally-run city
or a branch:
1. To organize the implementation of and
implement the Health Insurance policies within the ambit of his/her assigned
responsibilities according to the direction and administration of Vietnam
Health Insurance’s General Director; to elaborate projects and plans on the
voluntary health insurance to be submitted to Vietnam Health Insurance’s
General Director, and organize the implementation thereof after they are
ratified;
2. To manage and use the health insurance fund,
to pay the costs of medical examination and treatment covered by health
insurance in strict compliance with the State’s current regimes and regulations
so as to ensure the interests of the health insurance card holders;
3. To draw up a project on the establishment of
the district health insurance branches and submit it to Vietnam Health
Insurance’s General Director for decision;
4. To appoint and dismiss the deputy heads of
sections of the provincial, municipal and branch Health Insurance, heads and
deputy heads of the district Health Insurance after getting consent of Vietnam
Health Insurance General Director;
5. To sign labor contracts with definite terms
with laborers after getting the consent of Vietnam Health Insurance’s General
Director;
6. To perform other tasks as authorized by
Vietnam Health Insurance’s General Director.
Article 11.- A district
Health Insurance branch is attached to the provincial/municipal Health
Insurance, managed by its head, has its own office and seal for transactions.
The specific tasks and powers of the district Health Insurance branch shall be
specified by the General Director of Vietnam Health Insurance.
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MINISTER OF HEALTH
Do Nguyen Phuong