BackOmbudswoman Tena Šimonović Einwalter submitted a request for a constitutional review of certain provisions of the amendments to the Mandatory Health Insurance Act to the Constitutional Court at the end of June. According to these provisions, some citizens are required to personally visit the Croatian Institute for Health Insurance every three months to maintain their health insurance coverage.
In her request for constitutional review the Ombudswoman proposed that the Constitutional Court issue a temporary suspension of the implementation of these provisions until a final decision is reached. She proposed that the Constitutional Court decide on the matter based on a public debate in which representatives of the Ministry of Health, as the expert body responsible for the amendments to the Mandatory Health Insurance Act and of the Croatian Institute for Health Insurance, as the implementing body, would be invited to participate because this piece of legislation failed to clearly define the intended objective and to specify whether less burdensome measures, such as data exchange between public bodies, were considered and, if so, why they were not chosen.
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Source: The Office of the Ombudswoman of the Republic of Croatia
