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National Health Insurance Fund Act, 1998 🇰🇪

Kenya

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REPUBLIC OF KENYA

National Health Insurance Fund Act, 1998

Act 9 of 1998

  • Assented to on 31 December 1998
  • Commenced on 15 February 1999
  • [This is the version of this document from 15 February 1999.]
An Act of Parliament to provide for the establishment of the National Health Insurance Fund; to establish the National Health Insurance Fund Management Board; to provide for mechanisms of contributions to and the payment of benefits out of the Fund; and for connected purposes.

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title and commencement

This Act may be cited as the National Health Insurance Fund Act, 1998.[Act No. 1 of 2022, s. 4]

2. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:"accreditation" means the formal recognition of a health care provider by the Board;"beneficiary" means a person who—
(a)has not attained the age of twenty-one years, has no income of his own and is living with the contributor;
(b)has not attained the age of twenty-five years, is undergoing a full-time course of educa…

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