Positive presentation to the project that reforms health – 6 representatives signed it

Alfredo Mondragón and Martha Alfonso Jurado, speaker coordinators of the health reform project, along with four (4) other representatives to the Chamber, filed their POSITIVE report on bill 339 of 2023 Chamber, “through which the the health system in Colombia and other provisions are issued”.

What other projects were included in this positive presentation that seeks health reform

This positive presentation accumulates the analysis of the bills that have the same purpose and which are: bill 340 of 2023 “by which measures are adopted to improve and strengthen the General System of Social Security in Health”, Project of Law 341 of 2023 “by which provisions are issued on the General System of Social Security in Health”, and bill 344 of 2023 “through which measures are adopted to strengthen the General System of Social Security in Health” .

Details of the positive presentation document sent to the president of the House of Representatives

The letter is signed as received at 5:20 pm on March 31, 2023, and is addressed to Representative Agmed José Escaf Tijerino, who acts as president, and Hugo Alfonso Archila Suárez, who officiates as vice president of the seventh permanent constitutional commission.

In addition to the signatures of the two speaker coordinators already described, it is signed by Germán José Gomez López, Juan Carlos Vargas Soler, Gerardo Yepes Caro and Camilo Esteban Ávila.

Those who did not sign the positive paper

Despite the names of Germán Rogelio Rozo, Betsy Judith Perez and Juan Felipe Corzo appearing in the letter, their signature does not appear on the document.

Let’s remember who are the authors of bill 339 of 2023

The authors of this bill, as it appears registered in the web portal of the seventh commission are: HSIsabel Cristina Zuleta Lopez , H.S.Martha Isabel Peralta Epieyu , H.S.Aida Yolanda Avella Esquivel , H.S.Cesar Augusto Pachon Achury H.R.Alfredo Mondragon Garzon , H.R.David Ricardo Racero Majorca , H.R.Agmeth José Escaf Tijerino , H.R.Pedro Baracutao Garcia Ospina , H.R.Juan Carlos Vargas Soler , H.R.Juan Pablo Salazar Rivera Minister of Health – Carolina Corcho Mejía

What are all the bills that seek to reform the health system and its variations?

Surely you got lost in the middle of so many documents that have already been discussed. To do this, you have access to all of them below:

1. Bill 339 of 2023 – Minister of Health Carolina Corcho
2. Bill 340 of 2023 – María Fernanda Cabal – Text of the bill
3. Bill 341 of 2023 – Carlos Abraham Jimenez – Patients – Text of the bill
4. Bill 344 of 2023 – Ciro Alejandro Ramirez Cortes
5. Proposal of the Liberal – Conservative and U parties
6. Radical Change Proposal
7. First draft adjusted for presentation on bill 339 of 2023 (seeking consensus)
8. Second adjusted draft for presentation on bill 339 of 2023 (seeking consensus)

The five (5) Concepts that are filed before the House of Representatives and its Seventh Commission on Bill 339 of 2023

CONSULTORSALUD has been able to confirm that five concepts related to the health reform process that accumulates 4 bills have actually been filed. These concepts that you can download right now are:

1. Star salud
2. Supersalud
3. Office of the Attorney General of the Nation
4. Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation
5. High Cost Patients

Texts of the positive paper are unknown so far

Finally, we have to say that the texts of the positive report on bill 339 of 2023, accumulated with three (3) other bills, have not been released, and are not yet available on the seventh commission web portal.

We will have to wait for the congressmen to return from their vacations to find out regarding these essential contents.

From that moment the deliberations will begin.

Happy Easter to all.