VARIOUS PROVISIONS MADE UNDER LAW AND THE RULES, MADE AS PART OF THE ACT (RTH) PASSED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF RAJSTHAN.

Rajsthan Government passed the Right to Health (RTH) Bill in the Assembly,even as Doctors continued their protest against it .The bill is providing every resident of the state the right to free services at all public health facilities ,and also at select private facilities. Accordingly free health services, including consultations,drugs , diagnostics, emergency transport procedure and emergency care, will be given to the residents of state, subject to the conditions specified in the rules of the Act .The said legislation is providing the health care entitled to receive requisite fee or the proper reimbursement from the state government.All residents will be entitled to emergency treatment and care without prepayment of any fee or charges .On the other hand the Doctors of the Rajsthan Government has stated that there is no need to bring the Bill as such various schemes are already working for the health care system of the residents of the state which includes free treatment up to twenty five lacs of rupees, health scheme for the government employees and the MLAs and former MLAs ,Free medicine scheme and the free test scheme.The opposition Party in the state has stated that there is only a single forum for the complaints,and in the case of private facilities, only multi-speciality hospitals with fifty beds should be included in the Bill .The Bill empower the patients,to choose obtaining the source of medicines or tests at all health care establishments,if the patient wants to leave the hospital they will have to give the treatment summary of patients and may obtain their records and information related to their opinion and also get it done from the second opinion from the another health care establishment. The Health Minister of the Rajsthan Government has stated that all specifications would be included in the Rules made as part of the Act .As per the Bill passed by the government of state , any one found in contravention of the Act will be punishable with a fine up to rupees ten thousand at first time and up to rupees twenty five thousand subsequently thereof.