Medical establishments in Haryana will soon be standardised and minimum facilities prescribed with the Manohar Lal Khattar Government on Tuesday deciding to promulgate an ordinance for adoption of Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 enacted by Central Government.
The Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal decided to adopt Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 to further improve health services in the state, said Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu while addressing the mediapersons after the meeting of state cabinet here.
The Central Act provides for registration and regulation of all clinical establishments in the country to prescribe the minimum standards of facilities and services provided by them.
Haryana Government’s ordinance will cover the clinical establishments having more than 50 beds in the state.
The Finance Minister said that a decision to this effect was necessitated because at present, there is no legislation in the state to regulate and register the clinical establishments in order to ensure minimum standards of facilities and services for providing quality health care.
The effective implementation of the Act will ensure that clinical establishments in the state adopt ethical medical practices in treatment and patient care. Effective action can be taken against clinical establishments indulging in fraudulent or unethical practices under the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010. The Act will also ensure quality care and treatment to the patients at fair and affordable price, said he.
He further said that various stakeholders including Indian Medical Association, Haryana had urged that small clinical establishments having upto 50 beds capacity be exempted initially from applicability of the Act as at present they lack the capacity and preparedness to comply with the provisions of the Act.
Such establishments are usually managed by single doctor and it shall be difficult for them to fulfill the requirements of the Act, Capt. Abhimanyu added.
The decision to implement the Clinical Establishment Act in Haryana came after last year’s incident of overcharging by Gurugram Fortis Hospital, which had charged Rs 16 bill to a Dwarka based family for the treatment of their daughter Adya Singh, who had died due to dengue.
Notably, Haryana Government’s constituted committee had indicted Fortis Hospital in Gurugram for grave negligence and unethical act in handling of Adya’s case. The committee had alleged several irregularities, including refusal of appropriate ambulance service to the patient, not following leave against medical advice (LAMA) protocol, and overcharging.
So far, the Central Act has been adopted by Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Assam, and all UTs, except Delhi.
Haryana Government to set up HSFDL
Haryana Government will establish a new Non Banking Financial Company (NBFC) namely Haryana State Financial Services Limited (HSFSL) to act as an in-house treasury manager for efficient management of surplus funds of state public enterprises and autonomous bodies of the state.
Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu said that the NBFC will provide better deposit rates on overnight funds of State Government entities. Besides, it would provide better deposit rates throughout the year to government entities. It would also provide much better lending rates to state government entities than banking industry.
The Chief Secretary will be chairman of the company, whereas administrative secretaries of Finance, Cooperation, Power, Industries, Agriculture, Town and Country Planning and Urban Local Bodies Departments will be other ex-officio Directors.
Haryana approves multiplication factor
The cabinet has decided to notify multiplication factor in case of rural areas by which the market value so determined by the collector is to be multiplied to arrive at final compensation as provided under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act (RFCTLARR), 2013. Equivalent of the same shall be given as solatium, in addition.
In case of rural areas, any part of the particular Killa on part thereof, as the case may be, of the land to be acquired upto 10 kms, the factor will be 1.25. In case of more than 10 kms and upto 20 kms, the factor will be 1.50.
Similarly, the factor would be 1.75 for a distance of more than 20 kms and upto 30 kms. The factor would be two for distance more than 30 kms.
State Administrative Tribunal constituted
To provide quicker redressal of employees’ grievances or service matters and to reduce the pendency of cases before the High Court, the government has approved the Haryana State Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 2017 to pave the way for the setting up of State Administrative Tribunal (SAT). The establishment of SAT will prove advantageous and essential in view of the increasing number of court cases, particularly relating to service matters and disputes of employees, said the Finance Minister Capt. Abhimanyu.
Chit Fund Rules to be framed
To check increasing number of willful financial irregularities and frauds committed by the chit fund companies and to protect the interests of small investors in chits, Haryana Government has decided to frame Haryana Chit Fund Rules, 2018 to provide a mechanism for effective implementation of the Chit Fund Act, 1982.
These rules would provide a mechanism to protect the hard earned money invested in such chit fund companies by the investors, said Capt. Abhimanyu.
Haryana De-addiction (Amendment) Rules, 2018 approved
With a view to improve the functioning of rehabilitation and de-addiction centres, the cabinet has approved the proposal to amend the Haryana De-addiction Rules, 2010. These Rules would be called the Haryana De-addiction (Amendment) Rules, 2018. As per the amendment, the State Level Committee would comprise official and non-official members. Apart from this, the counseling-cum-rehabilitation centre would be maintained with the specified manpower for bed strength of only 15, provided that in case of license exceeding, bed strength of 15 beds, the requisite manpower in multiples of prescribed norms except for a doctor or psychiatrist would be employed.
Haryana State Higher Education Council to be set up
Haryana State Higher Education Council will be established to create an enabling environment to promote academic excellence and social justice by obtaining academic input for policy formulation and perspective planning in the state.
The Act will be known as Haryana State Higher Education Council Act, 2017. The Council will have a chairperson who would be an educationist with proven leadership qualities or a famous intellectual. Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department will be the member secretary.