GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 12636

IT IS notified for the general information of the public that the Cabinet Secretary for Health in consultation with the National Health Insurance Fund (“the Board”), has pursuant to the provisions of section 8 of the Statutory Instruments Act, 2013, prepared a Regulatory Impact Assessment on the impacts and likely impact on the community of the proposed Regulations that is intended for the operationalization of the National Health Insurance Act. The proposed Regulations are: (a) NHIF Beneficiary Identification Regulations, 2022; (b) NHIF Member Registration Regulations, 2022; (c) NHIF Contributions Regulations, 2022; (d) NHIF Empanelment and Contracting Regulations, 2022; and (e) NHIF Benefits and Claims Regulations, 2022. The Regulatory Impact Statements and proposed Regulations are freely available on the Board's website accessible via: https:www.nhif.or.ke and also, on request, at the Board’s offices, NHIF Building, Community Area, along Ragati Road, Nairobi, during working hours. Any person who is likely to be affected by the proposed Rules may submit a written memorandum on the Regulatory Impact Statements and the proposed Regulations within fourteen (14) days from the date of this notice. The memorandum should be addressed to: Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Health, Afya House, Cathedral Road, P.O. Box 30016–00100, Nairobi, Kenya. cshealth2015@gmail,com or NH1F Building, Community Area, Ragati Road, P.O. Box 30443-00100, Nairobi, Kenya Regulations@nhif.or.ke The public is also notified that they can visit the Board’s offices and seek clarification on specific issues regarding the proposed Regulations and the Regulatory Impact Statement between 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. during official working days. Dated the 31st August, 2022. MUTAHI KAGWE, Cabinet Secretary for Health.