 bill  no 16 of  2018 the  extension of central government health scheme to every district headquarter bill, 2018 by shri mullappally ramachandran, mp a billto  provide for extension of central government health scheme facilities to every district headquarter in the country and linking the central government health scheme card to aadhaar number and for matters connected therewithbe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the extension of central government health scheme to every district headquarters bill, 20182  in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions5(a) "beneficiary" shall include the beneficiaries under the central governmenthealth scheme (cghs) as notified by ministry of health vide om dated 151954 andas amended, from time to time;10(b) "cghs" shall mean the central government health scheme as notified byministry of health vide om dated 151954 and as amended, from time to time for the healthcare benefits of beneficiaries; and(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 it shall be the responsibility of the central government to extend the benefits of the cghs to all the district headquarters in the country in such manner as may be prescribedextension of cghs to district headquarters54 the central government shall, in absence of any government hospital or cghswellness centre, may empanel such number of private hospitals or diagnostic centres in the district headquarter, as it may deem appropriate for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to empanel private hospitals or diagnostic centres105 every beneficiary irrespective of his place of permanent residence shall be entitledto avail the cghs facilities in any of the cghs wellness centres as per his entitlement and rules prescribed in this behalf by the central governmentbeneficiary to avail cghsfacilitiesirrespective of his place of residence cghs card to be linked with the aadhaar6 (1) for the purpose of availing medical facilities and reimbursement claims underthis act, the cghs card of the beneficiaries shall be linked with the aadhaar number as defined under the (aadhaar targeted delivery of financial and other subsidies, benefits and services) act, 2016 in such manner as may be prescribed15(2) the reimbursement claims shall be made to the bank account of the beneficiary orin case of his death or being in comatose state to the bank account of any dependent beneficiary with the consent of all other dependent beneficiaries in such manner as may be prescribed20power to make rules7 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act25(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made,before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulmentshall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe central government health scheme (cghs) is an ideal welfare measure available to all central government servants, their dependents and retired personnel, etc in cghs covered cities in fact the scheme is most beneficial when one is advanced in age and ailing as of now cghs clinics wellness centre are functioning only in the capital city of most states non-availability of cghs clinics or branch offices in every district makes it impossible for beneficiaries to avail the facility a retired or sick person cannot travel across the state in his sick condition to avail the medical facility or to claim reimbursement his health condition may not permit such travel even after illness the person may not be able to afford the travel to present his bills and seek reimbursementit is also necessary to link cghs cards to aadhaar number so that beneficiaries may ba assured of treatment according to their eligibility and reimbursement to their bank accounts when treatment becomes essential through private hospitalshence this billnew delhi;mullappally ramachandrannovember 30, 2017 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for extension of the benefits of cghs to all the district headquarters in the country clause 4 provides that the central government shall, in absence of any government hospital or cghs wellness centre, may empanel such number of private hospitals or diagnostic centres in the district headquarter, as may be necessary, for carrying out the purposes of this act the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees one thousand crore will be involved per annum from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore is also likely to be involved4 memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 7 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to the matters of detail only the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character5———— a billto  provide for extension of central government health scheme facilities to every districtheadquarter in the country and linking the central government health scheme card toaadhaar number and for matters connected therewith————(shri mullappally ramachandran, mp)