The council of cooperative health Insurance is an independent government body built by the decision of the Cabinet of ministers No. 71 and a date 27 / 4 / 1420 H - 11 / 8 / 1999 to regulate the health insurance.
In addition, The health insurance council shall regulate the implementation of this act and in particular:
- Preparing a draft of an executive bylaw for this act.
- Issuing necessary decisions for regulating changing matters regarding the implementation of the rules governing this act, including implementation phases, the family members of the beneficiary to be covered by this insurance, the way and percentage of contribution by the beneficiary and the employer in the cooperative health insurance and the maximum limit for this amount based on actuarial and specialist study.
- Qualifying the cooperative insurance companies to work in the field of the cooperative health insurance.
- Accrediting the health institutions to provide cooperative health insurance services.
- Determining the financial compensation for qualifying the cooperative health insurance companies to work in this field, and the financial compensation for the accreditation of health institutions to provide cooperative health insurance services, after consulting the ministry of finance and national economy.
- Issuing the financial bylaws for the revenues and expenditure of the health insurance council, including employees salaries and remuneration after consulting the ministry of finance and national economy.
- Issuing the internal bylaws of the council.
- Appointing secretary general for the council based on a nomination by the minister of health, and formation of secretariat general and defining its duties.
