Management

The Management Board is the body managing the Health Insurance Fund. The Management Board consists of three to seven members, one of them being the Chairman of the Management Board. The term of office of the members of the Management Board is up to five years. The Supervisory Board designates the Chairman of the Management Board. In order to find candidates for the office of the Chairman of the Management Board, the Supervisory Board organises an open competition. On the proposal of the Chairman of the Management Board the Supervisory Board designates the other members of the Management Board.

In the management of the Health Insurance Fund the Management Board performs the functions imposed on it by this Act, the Statutes of the Health Insurance Fund and the decisions of the Supervisory Board. The Management Board sees for the performance of the functions and obligations as well as for the exercise of the rights of the Health Insurance Fund insofar as, by virtue of this Act or the Statutes, it is not the task of the Supervisory Board or Chairman of the Management Board. The Management Board reports to the Supervisory Board. On the basis of the national health care policy the Management Board prepares the development plan and the budget of the Health Insurance Fund and submits these to the Supervisory Board for approval. If the Supervisory Board does not decide otherwise, the Management Board prepares the materials and draft decisions to be discussed by the Supervisory Board.

The Supervisory Board consists of 6 members. The Minister of Social Affairs, The Minister of Finance and the Chairman of the Social Affairs Committee of the Parliament are members of the Board by virtue of office. On the proposal of the Social Affairs Committee the Parliament designates one Member of Parliament as a member of the Supervisory Board. On the proposal of the Minister of Social Affairs the Government designates one official of the Ministry of Social Affairs as a member of the Supervisory Board, and five members of the Board on the proposal of the organisations representing the interests of insured persons and five members of the Board on the proposal of employers’ organisations.

The Minister of Social Affairs is the Chairman of the Board by virtue of office. The members of the Board shall elect a Deputy Chairman from amongst themselves. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board the Deputy Chairman takes over the formers functions.