Article 65. Remit of the Committee on Health Affairs
The remit of the Committee on Health Affairs shall be:
1) to draft laws regulating health care of the population, public health and health promotion activities and to present conclusions relative to the drafts of the said laws and other acts referred to the Committee for consideration;
2) to coordinate the work of interested state institutions and other organisations in drafting laws on the issues within the remit of the Committee;
3) to consider and present proposals for developing State health policy;
4) to exercise parliamentary scrutiny of health system institutions and other institutions related to the solution of individual and public health problems and to submit proposals and recommendations for the improvement of the activities thereof;
5) to control the implementation of the health care reform and the process of development of the Lithuanian national health system;
6) to consider the draft budget of the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund presented by the Government for approval and to submit conclusions during its consideration in the Seimas concurrently with the consideration of the draft Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Approval of Financial Indicators of the State Budget and Municipal Budgets;
7) to exercise continuous control of the execution of the budget of the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund;
8) to consider and present proposals on a set of consolidated statements of the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund.
