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(1) The National Health Insurance Oversight Committee consists of the following members appointed by the Board:

(a) a chairperson;

(b) a Director of the Ministry responsible for Health expertise in health policy;

(c) an actuary;

(d) a representative of the Ministry responsible Welfare not below the rank of a Director; and

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(e) a public health practitioner who is not a public servant.

(2) The Committee shall

(a) advise the Board on;

(i) systems for registration of members into the national health insurance scheme;

(ii) systems for the identification and enrolment of disadvantaged groups into the national health insurance scheme;

(iii) benefit package for the national health insurance scheme; .

(iv) tariffs payable to healthcare providers;

(v) systems for credentialing health service providers;

(vi)  contributions payable by members of the national health insurance scheme;

(vii) programmes for educating members of the national health insurance scheme;

(viii) guidelines and mechanisms for submission and adjudication of claims of health service providers;

(ix) the carrying out of independent actuarial assessment of the national health insurance scheme;

(b) provide periodic reports on the operations of the national health insurance scheme as determined by the Board; and

(c) perform any other functions in respect of the national health insurance scheme as determined by the Board.