Today, the government of the Slovak Republic approved a draft law on some other measures in the context of the situation in Ukraine called "Lex Ukraine" which also adopted several practical changes from the workshop of the Ministry of Health. We offer you a comprehensive summary of steps in practice.

SIMPLIFICATION OF MEDICAL INSTANCE
A medical professional who has obtained an education outside the European Union and who has only recognised a certificate of education, but who has not successfully passed the necessary examinations and thus has no recognised professional qualifications, can assist in the care of the patient in our territory through a temporary traineeship. The possibility of temporary traineeships is extended to all health professions in hospitals and outpatients. The current arrangements allowed temporary professional internships only in medical professions a doctor, nurse and midwife and only in constitutional health institutions, i.e. hospitals, explained the difference of the Minister of Health Vladimír Lengvarský. Given the recent adverse developments in Ukraine due to the Russian military invasion and the related need to provide health care, access to the exercise of the relevant medical profession is also facilitated. The period in which the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic decides to recognise the evidence of specialisation obtained in a Member State or a third State is within two months of the receipt of the complete application, in addition to the recognition of proof of specialisation of doctors and dentists from Member States under the system of mutual automatic recognition of qualifications, when the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic decides within 30 days.
In case of doubt, the Ministry of Health can verify the facts through the Internal Market Information System (IMI), which is a safe online tool for exchanging information between public administrations involved in the implementation of EU legislation in practice.

FINANCING

In order to facilitate access to healthcare for displaced persons from Ukraine and to simplify administrative and financial procedures for healthcare providers, it is proposed that a similar way of providing, reporting and reimbursement of healthcare should be introduced for displaced persons to the extent of urgent and acute health care, as is the case for persons with supplementary protection and for persons included in the programme of the ICV SR for the protection of victims of crime – reporting and reimbursement through the health insurance company with the largest number of insured persons. The related processes are already regulated in related laws, as the proposed legislation only extends the group of persons to whom the laws of the Slovak Republic already grant access to health care, in the case of displaced persons, to urgent and acute care. The scheme to which the proposed legislation adds persons leaving the country is set up in such a way that the General Health Insurance Office, as the largest health insurance undertaking, then invoices the costs incurred to the State, so that they are not paid directly from the solidarity-based health system. This allows for a later period of co-financing of the European Union's budgets on the actual costs of urgent healthcare, including those provided to chronic patients. The proposal does not create an obligation for the State to pay for these persons as State insured persons. It will use a direct quantification of the exact costs incurred to recover the costs. This ensures a sufficiently efficient and flexible control of the extent of the State's costs. The proposal reduces the administrative burden on healthcare providers because, from their point of view, it will be standard reporting, as for persons with subsidiary protection granted,' explained the Minister.

HEALTHCARE

As a result of the armed conflict in the territory of Ukraine, the number of refugees who may need urgent medical care is increasing in the Slovak Republic. For the reason that the proposed provision should not be abused by persons who are not interested in providing temporary refuge in the Slovak Republic, this entitlement is limited to 30 days from the date of entry into the Slovak Republic, and explained Minister Lengvarský. The reimbursement to healthcare providers for emergency healthcare provided in this way will take place in a similar way to the reimbursement made by the general health insurance company of urgent healthcare provided to the homeless.

VIALS
The possibility of a group of subjects to whom the holder of a large-scale medicinal product authorisation is obliged to supply a medicinal product for human use to international humanitarian humanitarian aid organisations is being extended and the possibility of allowing them to export medicinal products for human use included in the list of categorised medicinal products to the affected areas of Ukraine is an appropriate solution in the current situation.

VESSELS EXPORTS
We propose an extension of the provision on the possibility to issue a decision authorising the export of human plasma to the SR for humanitarian aid purposes in the event of an emergency declared in connection with armed conflict in the territory of Ukraine, provided that such exports appear to be useful and suitable for assistance.