LAGOS STATE HEALTH SCHEME LAW

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LIST OF LAWS OF LAGOS, [ALPHABETICAL]  

LAGOS STATE HEALTH SCHEME LAW

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 

1.       Interpretation

2.       Establishment of the Lagos State Health Management Agency                                             

3.       Objects of the Agency

4.       Establishment and Composition of the Lagos State Health Management Agency Governing Board

5.       Establishment of the Lagos State Health Management Agency Governing Board

6.       Components of the Lagos State Health Scheme

7.       Powers of the Board

8.       Functions of the Board

9.       Tenure of Office of Members of the Board

10.     Remuneration and Allowances

11.     Cessation of Membership of the Agency

12.     Vacancy

13.     Proceedings

14.     Quorum

15.     Meetings

16.     Committee of the Board

17.     Power to Co-opt

18.     Validity of Proceedings

19.     Seal of the Agency

20.     Objectives of the Health Scheme

21.     Applicability of NHIS Act to the Law

 22.    Prohibiting Health Care Organisation from Refusing Coverage based on Patient’s Medical History

23.     General Manager and other Staff of the Agency

24.     Legal Adviser

25.     Pensions

26.     Appointment of Consultants for the Agency

27.     Creation and Management of Lagos State Health Fund

28.     Disbursement of the Fund

29.     Power to accept Gift

30.     Annual Estimate Account

31.     Audit

32.     Annual Estimate Account

33.     Exemption from Tax

34.     Payment of Contribution under the Scheme

35.     Registration of Lagos State Residents Employers and Employees

36.     Registration and Services of Health Care Provider

37.     Registration of Maintenance Organisations, Mutual Health Association and Allied Associations

38.     Refusal of Licence

39.     Revocation of Licence

40.     Functions of HMOs and MHAs

41.     Registration of Medical Practitioners with the Scheme

42.     Medical Document to be Duly Signed

43.     Participation of Local Governments Appointment of Focal Persons

44.     Functions of the Lagos State Health Management Agency Arbitration Panel

45.     Prosecution of Offender

46.     Jurisdiction

47.     Payment of Contribution

48.     Commencement of Proceedings

49.     Limitation of Suits Against the Agency, etc.

50.     Services of Document

51.     Restriction on Execution against Property of the Agency

53.     Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure

54.     Contributions to be Inalienable

55.     Transfer of Liability of Contribution in the case of Mergers/Acquisitions, etc.

56.     Exclusion from application of Cap 449 LFN

57.     Collaboration with the Federal Government

58.     Professional Indemnity for Health Care Providers

59.     Power to make Regulations

60.     Power to Audit Enter and Inspect

61.     Withholding Payments

62.     Offences and Penalties

63.     Offences by Bodies Corporate, etc.

64.     Citations and Commencement    

LAGOS STATE HEALTH SCHEME LAW

A LAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LAGOS STATE HEALTH MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND THE LAGOS STATE HEALTH SCHEME FOR RESIDENTS OF LAGOS STATE AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES THE LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY enacts as follows:-

LAWS OF LAGOS STATE

LAWS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA