Health Insurance Fund Transfer

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A decision made on 27 April 2011:

Decision Reference: MD-HSS-2011-0015
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer of £6.131m from the Health Insurance Fund for Primary Care Services		Date of Decision Summary:	18 April 2011
Decision Summary Author:	Director of Finance, Health and Social Services Department		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Transfer of £6.131m from the Health Insurance Fund to fund Primary Care Services.		Date of Written Report:	22 March 2011
Written Report Author:	Head of Financial Planning, Treasury & Resources Department		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Approval of the control and monitoring process to transfer funds from the Health Insurance Fund to the Consolidated Fund for Health and Social Services income to fund Primary Care services provided.
Decision(s): The Minister approved: 1) the control and monitoring process to transfer £6,131m from the Health Insurance Fund to the Consolidated Fund for primary care services delivered by the Health and Social Services Department; 2) the delegation to the Treasurer of the States for the approval of quarterly Health and Social Services invoices; and 3) the utilisation of cash limit savings in Health and Social Services arising from this transfer to fund the necessary growth in 2011 (identified at business planning 2011).
Reason(s) for Decision: To ratify the control and monitoring process agreed between Social Security, Health and Social Services and Treasury & Resources, following the proposal of a £6.1m transfer from the Health Insurance Fund included within the 2011 Business Planning process, supported by proposition P125/2010.
Resource Implications: Reduction of the Health Insurance Fund by £6.131m and an increase in Health and Social Services income by an identical amount.
Action required: The Treasurer of the States to approve the transfer of funds from the Health Insurance Fund to the Consolidated Fund upon receipt of invoices from Health and Social Services
Signature:		Position: Minister for Health and Social Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: