הצעת חוק הביטוח הלאומי (תיקון מס' 268) (הסעת יולדת באמבולנס), התשפ"ו–2026National Insurance Bill (Amendment No. 268) (Ambulance Transport of a Woman in Labour), 2026 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

What the sponsors propose

The bill seeks to amend Section 47 of the National Insurance Law so that the National Insurance Institute will be able to contract, in addition to Magen David Adom, with other entities holding an ambulance-type vehicle license from the licensing authority, for the purpose of transporting a woman giving birth who is entitled to a birth grant. According to the sponsors, the existing arrangement was established back in 1953, when Magen David Adom was the only body providing evacuation services for women giving birth, but today additional entities operate that provide ambulance services, and every year the Institute receives dozens of requests for funding transportation via private ambulance companies. It is also proposed to set the law's effective date as one year after its publication, due to the need for preparation time for the National Insurance Institute to establish contractual arrangements with the additional entities and to publicize the option to the public.

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An automatic summary of the explanatory notes written by the bill's sponsors. These are their arguments, not an official Knesset summary. · The bill on the Knesset website