Health Legislation

This Decree amends articles 12 and 40 of Decree No 2023-409 of July 26, 2023 relating to the responsibilities, organization and operation of the regulatory authority for the health sector

This decree defines the terms and conditions for implementing the mandatory health insurance.

This Decree approves the amended statutes of the Beninese pharmaceutical regulatory agency, now named “Beninese Agency for Medicines and other Health Products”.

This decree establishes the responsibilities, organization and operation of the Health Sector Regulatory Authority. This Authority is attached to the Presidency of the Republic (art.3) and has a broad spectrum of action including among others, public and private health sector, all levels of the health pyramid, physical, mental and social health, hospitals and primary care, all age groups as well as the health of citizens and foreigners.

This decree sets out the contractual framework between the managing body and the "Organismes Gestionnaires Délégués" (Delegated Management Organizations) of the universal health insurance scheme.

The decree defines the values and nomenclatures for pharmaceutical acts and products covered by the universal health insurance scheme.

The Decree establishes the health benefit package covered under the Universal Health Insurance. The decree was published on 25 November 2023 in the Official Journal.

This decree sets out the terms and conditions for access to health care services covered by the universal health insurance.

This decree sets the base, rates, amounts, and collection procedures for social security contributions and other contributions due in respect to universal health insurance.

This decree confers the management of Universal Health Insurance to the National Health Insurance Institute and the National Social Security Fund.

This decree sets out the conditions and procedures for membership, affiliation, and registration with the Universal Health Insurance Medical Assistance Scheme.

This decree sets out the terms and conditions of affiliation and registration to the compulsory health compulsory health insurance scheme.

The Decree sets out the terms and conditions of the medical inspection carried out by the Universal Health Insurance management body.

The decree sets out the powers, organization, and operation of the Institut National d'Assurance Maladie. It was published in the Official Journal on 7 October 2022 (see pages 108 to 114).

The decree sets out the missions, composition, organization, and operation of the "comité de régulation de l'assurance maladie universelle" (universal health insurance regulatory committee). It was published in the Official Journal on 7 October 2022 (see pages 137 to 140).

This decree establishes the responsibilities, organization and operation of the Ministry of Health.

This decree determines the conditions for the creation, approval, operation and control of reproductive health structures in application of the provisions of Article 12 paragraph 3 of Law No. 2003-04 of March 3, 2003 relating to the sexual and reproductive health.

By this decree, the Government of Benin appoints the auditors of the National Health Insurance Agency.

This decree establishes the Steering Committee for the implementation of the Universal Health Insurance Scheme and contains provisions concerning its composition as well as its departmental and regional structures.

The decree establishes rules concerning the free movement and establishment of doctors in the West African Economic and Monetary Union.