MINISTERIAL ORDER N°20/19 OF 27/7/2009 DETERMINING THE MODALITIES OF FACILITATING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACCESS MEDICAL CARE
This Order sets out how access to medical care is to be facilitated for persons with disabilities.
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This Order sets out how access to medical care is to be facilitated for persons with disabilities. The State covers health insurance and related medical costs for persons with disabilities, with different levels of support based on disability percentage. Free prosthetics and orthotics for persons with disabilities are capped by the Mutual Health Insurance Fund value, and the State fully covers care for disabilities between 70% and 100%. District hospitals must provide special services for persons with disabilities, and people with more than 50% disability may be seen first by a doctor, unless seriously ill patients have priority. This article repeals any earlier legal provisions that conflict with this Order.
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Provisions of MINISTERIAL ORDER N°20/19 OF 27/7/2009 DETERMINING THE MODALITIES OF FACILITATING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACCESS MEDICAL CARE
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Purpose of this Order
AI-assisted research summary: This Order sets out how access to medical care is to be facilitated for persons with disabilities.
Ingingo ya mbere: rigamije Icyo iri teka Article One: Purpose of this Order Article premier : Objet du présent arrêté Ingingo ya mbere: Icyo iteka rigamije Article One: Purpose of this Order Article premier : Objet du présent arrêté Iri teka rigena uburyo bwo korohereza abafite ubumuga mu kwivuza. This Order determines the modalities of facilitating persons with disabilities access Medical care. Le présent arrêté détermine les modalités d‟accès aux soins médicaux pour les personnes handicapées. - 2 Verify source ↗
Ubwishingizi ku bafite
AI-assisted research summary: The State covers health insurance and related medical costs for persons with disabilities, with different levels of support based on disability percentage.
Ingingo ya 2: Ubwishingizi ku bafite ubumuga Article 2: Insurance for persons with disabilities Article 2: Prise en charge des personnes handicapées Ingingo 3: Inyunganirangingo n’insimburangingo ku bafite ubumuga ya Ingingo ya 2: Ubwishingizi ku bafite ubumuga Article 2: Insurance for persons with disabilities Article 2 : Prise en charge des personnes handicapées bufite ubumuga Abafite uburemere bubashyira mu byiciro biri hagati ya 50% na 100% bishingirwa na Leta mu bijyanye n‟ubwisungane mu kwivuza naho abafite ubumuga bubashyira mu cyiciro kiri hagati ya 30 % na 49% bishingirwa na Leta kuri 50% by‟ umusanzu w‟ubwisungane mu kwivuza. Ku byerekeye uruhare rw‟ufite ubumuga mu kwivuza no kugura imiti, abari mu byiciro biri hagati ya 50% na 100% bishyurirwa na Leta naho abari mu cyiciro cyo hagati ya 30% na 49% batishoboye nabo bishyurirwa na Leta. Persons with disabilities whose degree of disability is between 50% and 100% shall be the responsibility of the State as regards the mutual health insurance scheme while those whose degree of disability is between 30% and 49% shall be the responsibility of the State at 50% in respect of mutual health insurance premiums. Les personnes handicapées dont le degré de handicap relève des catégories se situant entre 50% et 100% sont prises en charge par l‟Etat en ce qui concerne la mutuelle de santé, tandis que celles dont le degré de handicap relève des catégories qui se situent entre 30 % et 49% sont prises en charge par l‟Etat à 50% quant aux cotisations de la mutuelle de santé. In respect of contributions of persons with disability to medical care and purchase of drugs, the care of those whose degree of disability is between 50% and 100% shall be the responsibility of the State while those whose degree of disability is between 30% and 49% and are needy shall also be the responsibility of the State. Quant à la contribution de la personne handicapée au soins médicaux et à l‟achat des médicaments, celles qui relèvent des catégories qui se situent entre 50% et100% sont prises en charge par l‟Etat tandis que celles qui relèvent des catégories se situant entre 30% et 49% qui sont démunies sont aussi prises en charge par l‟Etat. 84 Ingingo n’insimburangingo ku bafite ubumuga 3: Inyunganirangingo ya Guhabwa insimburangingo n‟inyunganirangingo ku bantu bafite byiciro ubumuga bubashyira mu bitandukanye biteganywa n‟Iteka rya Minisitiri n° 20/18 ryo kuwa 27/07/2009 rigena uko abafite ubumuga bashyirwa mu byiciro shingiro hakurikijwe ubumuga inzego bwabo ngo uburenganzira kubagenera zinyuranye bwihariye, ntibigomba kurenza agaciro kagenwa n‟Ikigo cy‟ubwisungane mu kwivuza. Icyakora Leta yishingira byose ku bantu bafite ubumuga bufite uburemere bubashyira mu cyiciro kiri hagati ya 70 % na 100%. bifashe kugira O.G. n° 35 of 31/8/2009 - 3 Verify source ↗
Prosthetics and orthotics to
AI-assisted research summary: Free prosthetics and orthotics for persons with disabilities are capped by the Mutual Health Insurance Fund value, and the State fully covers care for disabilities between 70% and 100%.
Article 3: Prosthetics and orthotics to persons with disabilities Article 3 : Prothèses et orthèses aux personnes handicapées Article 3: Prosthetics and orthotics to persons with disabilities Article 3 : Prothèses et orthèses aux personnes handicapées determining modes The provision of free prosthetics and orthotics to persons with disabilities who fall under different categories established by the Ministerial Order nº 20/18 of of 27/07/2009 classifying disabled persons into basic categories according to the degree of disability so as to enable different organs to guarantee the rights tailored to their condition shall not exceed the value provided by the Mutual Health Insurance Fund. However, the State shall entirely remain responsible for the care of persons whose degree of disability is between 70% and 100%. L‟octroi gratuit des prothèses et des orthèses aux personnes handicapées qui relèvent des différentes catégories prévues par l‟arrêté n° 20/18 du 27/07/2009 portant modalités permettant de classer les personnes handicapées en catégories de base selon leur degré de handicap en vue de permettre différentes instances de leur garantir les droits particuliers à leur état, ne doit pas dépasser la valeur prévue par le Fonds de mutuelle de santé. Toutefois, l‟Etat prend en charge totale des personnes qui relèvent des catégories se situant entre 70 % et 100%. Ibiteganyijwe mu gika cya mbere cy‟iyi ngingo bikurikizwa no mu gihe cyo gusimbura gusana insimburangingo n‟inyunganirangingo. cyangwa The provisions of paragraph one of this Article shall also apply in case of replacement or repair of prosthetics and orthotics. Les dispositions du premier alinéa de cet article sont également applicables en cas de remplacement ou de réparation des prothèses et des orthèses. - 4 Verify source ↗
Serivisi zihariye ku bafite
AI-assisted research summary: District hospitals must provide special services for persons with disabilities, and people with more than 50% disability may be seen first by a doctor, unless seriously ill patients have priority.
Ingingo ya 4: Serivisi zihariye ku bafite ubumuga Article 4: Special services for persons with disabilities. Article 4 : Services spécifiques pour les personnes handicapées Ingingo ya 4: Serivisi zihariye ku bafite ubumuga Article 4: Special services for persons with disabilities. Article 4 : Services spécifiques pour les personnes handicapées rwego rwo korohereza Mu abafite ubumuga, buri Bitaro by‟Akarere bigena serivisi yihariye yo kwita ku bafite ubumuga. to In order facilitate persons with disabilities, each District Hospital shall provide special services for persons with disabilities. Dans le cadre de faciliter les personnes handicapées, chaque hôpital du District les prévoit personnes handicapées. le service spécial pour 85 O.G. n° 35 of 31/8/2009 Umuntu ufite ubumuga buri hejuru ya 50% yoroherezwa kubona umuganga agannye mbere y‟abandi banganyije ububabare. Ibi ntibikuraho ihame ryo kubanza kwita ku ndembe. Any person whose degree of disability is greater than 50% enjoys the privilege of seeing the Doctor first before others. This does not however affect the principle of according priority to seriously ill people. Une personne handicapée dont le degré de handicap est supérieur à 50% bénéficie du privilège d‟accéder le premier au médecin quand il est avec les personnes de même souffrance. Cela ne porte pas atteinte au principe d‟accueil préalable des personnes gravement malades - 5 Verify source ↗
Ivanwaho ry’ingingo
AI-assisted research summary: This article repeals any earlier legal provisions that conflict with this Order.
Ingingo ya 5: Ivanwaho ry’ingingo zinyuranyije n’iri teka Article 5: Repealing provision Article 5 : Disposition abrogatoire Ingingo ya 5: Ivanwaho ry’ingingo zinyuranyije n’iri teka Article 5: Repealing provision Article 5: Disposition abrogatoire Ingingo zose z‟amateka abanziriza iri kandi zinyuranyije naryo zivanyweho. All prior legal provisions contrary to this Order are hereby repealed. antérieures Toutes contraires au présent arrêté sont abrogées. dispositions les - 6 Verify source ↗
Igihe iteka ritangirira
AI-assisted research summary: This Order takes effect on the date it is published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Rwanda.
Ingingo ya 6 : Igihe iteka ritangirira gukurikizwa Article 6: Commencement Article 6: Entrée en vigueur 82 O.G. n° 35 of 31/8/2009 ITEKA RYA MINISITIRI N°20/19 RYO KUWA 27/7/2009 RIGENA UBURYO BWO KOROHEREZA ABAFITE UBUMUGA MU KWIVUZA DETERMINING MINISTERIAL ORDER N°20/19 OF 27/7/2009 THE MODALITIES OF FACILITATING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACCESS MEDICAL CARE DETERMINANT ARRETE MINISTERIEL N°20/19 DU 27/7/2009 LES MODALITES D’ACCES AUX SOINS MEDICAUX POUR LES PERSONNES HANDICAPEES Minisitiri w’Ubuzima, The Minister of Health, Le Ministre de la Santé, Itegeko Nshinga Ashingiye ku rya Repubulika y‟u Rwanda ryo kuwa 04 Kamena 2003 nk‟uko ryavuguruwe kugeza ubu, cyane cyane mu ngingo zaryo, iya 14, iya 120, iya 121 n‟iya 201 ; to the Constitution of Pursuant the Republic of Rwanda of 04 June 2003 as amended to date, especially in Articles 14, 201; 120, 121 and Vu la Constitution de la République du Rwanda du 04 juin 2003, telle que révisée à ce jour, spécialement en ses articles 14, 120, 121 et 201; Ashingiye ku Itegeko n° 01/2007 ryo kuwa 20/01/2007 bafite ubumuga muri rusange, cyane cyane mu ngingo yaryo ya 17; rirengera abantu Pursuant to Law nº 01/2007 of 20/01/2007 relating to protection of disabled persons in Article 17; in general, especially Vu la Loi n° 01/2007 du 20/01/2007 portant personnes handicapées en général, spécialement en son article 17 ; protection des Ashingiye ku Itegeko n° 62/2007 ryo kuwa 30/12/2007 rigena imiterere, n‟imicungire y‟ubwisungane mu kwivuza cyane cyane mu ngingo yaryo ya 30; rishyiraho imikorere kandi Inama y‟Abaminisitiri yateranye kuwa 19/06/2009 no kubyemeza; kubisuzuma imaze and Pursuant to Law nº 62/2007 of 30/12/2007 establishing the organization, functioning and management of the mutual health insurance scheme, especially in Article 30; determining Vu la Loi n° 62/2007 du 30/12/2007 portant organisation, fonctionnement et gestion des mutuelles de santé, spécialement en son article 30 ; création, After consideration and approval by the Cabinet, in its session of 19/06/2009 ; Après examen et adoption par le conseil des Ministres en sa séance du 19/06/2009; 83 O.G. n° 35 of 31/8/2009 ATEGETSE: HEREBY ORDERS: ARRETE : Ingingo ya 6: Igihe iteka ritangirira gukurikizwa Iri teka ritangira gukurikizwa ku munsi ritangarijweho mu Igazeti ya Leta ya Repubulika y‟u Rwanda. Article 6: Commencement Article 6: Entrée en vigueur This Order shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Rwanda. Le présent arrêté entre en vigueur le jour de sa publication au Journal Officiel de la République du Rwanda. Kigali, kuwa 27/7/2009 (sé) Dr SEZIBERA Richard Minisitiri w‟Ubuzima Kigali, on 27/7/2009 Kigali, le 27/7/2009 (sé) Dr SEZIBERA Richard Minister of Health (sé) Dr SEZIBERA Richard Ministre de la Santé Bibonywe kandi bishyizweho Ikirango cya Repubulika : Seen and sealed with the Seal of the Republic: Vu et scellé du Sceau de la République: (sé) KARUGARAMA Tharcisse Minisitiri w‟Ubutabera/Intumwa Nkuru ya Leta (sé) KARUGARAMA Tharcisse Minister of Justice / Attorney General (sé) KARUGARAMA Tharcisse Ministre de la Justice/ Garde des Sceaux 86
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