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National Health Insurance Scheme Act, 1999 🇳🇬

Nigeria Repealed: 2022-05-19

Repeal Notice

This legislation was repealed on 2022-05-19 by National Health Insurance Authority Act, 2022

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National Health Insurance Scheme Act, 1999

  • Published in Official Gazette supplement
  • Commenced on 10 May 1999
  • [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2002.]
  1. [Repealed on 19 May 2022 by National Health Insurance Authority Act, 2022 (Act 17 of 2022)]
An Act to establish the National Health Insurance Scheme with the objectives of ensuring access to good health care services to every Nigerian and protecting Nigerian families from financial hardship of huge medical bills; and for matters connected therewith.

Part I – Establishment, etc., of the National Health Insurance Scheme

1. Establishment of the National Health Insurance Scheme

(1)There is hereby established a scheme to be known as the National Health Insurance Scheme (in this Act referred to as "the Scheme") for the purpose of providing health insurance which shall entitle insured persons and their dependants the benefit of prescribed good quality and cost-effective health services as set out in this Act.
(2)The Scheme-
(a)shall be…

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