Section 5: Regional Intervention Fund

A regional intervention fund finances, by decision of the regional health agencies, actions, experiments and, where appropriate, structures contributing to : 1° Promoting health and preventing illness, injury, disability and loss of autonomy ; 2° The organisation and promotion of coordinated healthcare pathways, as well as the quality and safety of healthcare and medico-social services; 3° The continuity of care and the distribution of healthcare professionals and facilities throughout the…

The fund’s resources are made up of : 1° An allocation from the compulsory basic health insurance schemes, the amount of which is set each year by order of the Minister for Social Security, based on the national health insurance expenditure target. The amount of this allocation takes into account changes of any kind as a result of which health or medico-social establishments, services or activities are placed, in whole…

The national guidelines for the fund are determined by the national steering committee for the regional health agencies. The regional distribution of appropriations is set each year by order of the ministers responsible for health, the budget, social security, the elderly and the disabled, after receiving the opinion of the national steering committee of the regional health agencies. The fund’s appropriations, delegated to the regional health agencies, are managed within…

The detailed rules for the application of this section shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.