Bavarian State Ministry for Health and Care

Bavarian State Ministry for Health and Care - StMGP -
State level	Free State of Bavaria
position	Supreme state authority
founding	October 10th, 2013
Headquarters	81667 Munich Haidenauplatz 1
Authority management	Minister of State Melanie Huml
Budget volume	EUR 0.635 billion (2020)
Web presence	www.stmgp.bayern.de

The Bavarian State Ministry for Health and Care (StMGP) was first created in Bavaria in October 2013 as an independent ministry . The ministry is based in Nuremberg and Munich . It was separated from the previous Bavarian State Ministry for Environment and Health .

Melanie Huml , a doctor who was previously State Secretary in the Bavarian State Ministry for Environment and Health, was appointed the Ministry's first incumbent State Minister .

Seat

The headquarters of the ministry is in Munich at Haidenauplatz 1. The Bavarian state government decided at its closed meeting at the end of July 2016 that the ministry should move to Nuremberg. The move should be carried out gradually and be completed by 2020. In Munich there should also be a "head office" of the ministry. Of around 300 employees at the ministry, 110 are already working in Nuremberg.

management

• Minister of State has been Melanie Huml (CSU) since October 10, 2013 .
• The head of the office is Ministerial Director Ruth Nowak.

tasks

Building that has housed the Bavarian State Ministry for Health and Care since September 2014

The Ministry is responsible for the entire health system (relating to human health) including statutory health insurance . This also includes responsibility for hospital and pharmaceuticals. It will also undertake from the area of the Bavarian State Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, the Family and Integration the field of nursing, including social care insurance and related areas, such as the Hospice essence , the family care and the strengthening of family carers . Tasks include infection control and hygiene , fighting epidemics , addictions and drugs , pharmaceuticals and pharmacy and nutritional medicine . As the highest specialist authority, it is supported by the health authorities and the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety .

Legal supervision

According to § 78 SGB V, the ministry exercises legal supervision over corporations under public law , which regulate health care matters in Bavaria as self-administration . These include the State Chamber of Physicians , the Chamber of Psychotherapists, the State Chamber of Dentists , the Chamber of Veterinarians , the Chamber of Pharmacists, the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians and the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists . It also includes the statutory health insurance companies that are based in Bavaria. The state committee of doctors and health insurance companies and the state committee of dentists and health insurance companies are also subject to the legal supervision of the StMGP.

Legal bases in the business area

The legal bases result from Bavarian laws and ordinances as well as from federal laws and ordinances.

Health area

• State Government Law ( Health Protection Law )
• Health Service and Consumer Protection Act
• German Infection Protection Act
• Food law
• Law on the donation, removal and transfer of organs and tissues ( Transplantation Act )
• Funeral Act
• Ordinance for the implementation of the Funeral Act ( Funeral Ordinance )
• Ordinance to extend the reporting requirement to other communicable diseases or pathogens ( reporting requirement regulation )

Hospital sector

• Bavarian Hospital Act
• Hospital Financing Act
• Hospital Remuneration Act
• Federal Care Rate Ordinance

Social legislation

• First book of the Social Security Code (SGB I) - general part
• Fourth Book of the Social Code (SGB IV) - Common rules for social insurance
• Fifth Book of the Social Code (SGB V) - Statutory Health Insurance

Joint state committee

On December 1, 2015, the joint state committee for Bavaria was set up to deal with questions of medical care . The legal basis is § 90a SGB ​​V. On this basis, the thirteenth ordinance amending the ordinance for the implementation of social laws (§§ 10a – d) was issued on July 9, 2015 by the Bavarian State Ministry for Health and Care . The joint state committee can make recommendations on cross-sector health care issues. In addition, there are statements on demand planning , undersupply and admission restrictions .

It consists of 12 voting members:

• Bavarian State Ministry for Health and Care (2 members)
• State associations of health insurance companies and substitute funds (4 members)
• Bavarian Hospital Society (2 members)
• Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Bavaria (2 members)
• Medical professions (1 member)
• municipal umbrella organizations (1 member)

Insofar as matters relate solely or predominantly to contractual dental care (this is decided by the State Ministry of Health and Nursing), the Bavarian Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists (KZVB) sends 2 voting members instead of the Bavarian Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians . Except in this special case, however, the KZVB is not a member of the joint state committee, not even in an advisory capacity.

Other members who can take part in the discussion and be present when the resolution is passed, provided they are not among the members entitled to vote:

• Bavarian Medical Association (1 member)
• Bavarian State Chamber of Psychological Psychotherapists and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (1 member)
• Bavarian State Dental Association (1 member)
• Bavarian Chamber of Pharmacists (1 member)
• the Bavarian Community Day (1 member)
• the Bavarian Association of Cities (1 member)
• the Bavarian District Association (1 member)
• the Bavarian District Assembly (1 member)
• Patient and Nursing Officer of the Bavarian State Government (1 member)
• Patient representative (2 members)

The body can set up working committees.

Bavarian Health and Care Award 2015

In 2015, the BStMGP announced the Bavarian Health and Care Prize for the first time, for which 163 applicants were nominated. The aim of the award is to recognize extraordinary, outstanding achievements in the health and care sector. It is the highest state award in the health and care sector in Bavaria. The three winners will each receive 5,000 euros. In a ceremony on November 17, 2015 in the Kaisersaal of the Munich Residence, the three winners were presented by Minister of State Melanie Huml.

Award winner 2015	Project
Team Neopass; Third Order Children's Clinic, Passau	“Excellent care right from the start!” Family-integrated care for premature babies
Open.med Munich; Doctors of the World e. V.	“For people without health insurance.” Anonymous and free general medical consultation hours
Dental District Association of Lower Bavaria K. d. ö. R., Straubing	"Mobile dental care" in homes for the elderly and the disabled by means of temporarily converted ambulances

Alliance for Prevention

Minister of State Huml had announced an alliance for prevention in her government statement on May 19, 2015 . The basis for this is the Bavarian Prevention Plan, which all ministries of state and the members of the State Prevention Working Group were involved in drawing up. A core concern is the increased prevention and early detection of diseases . The certificate for the new alliance for prevention was signed with 83 partners on November 25, 2015 in the Kaisersaal of the Residenz in Munich. Representatives of the chambers , health insurance companies and associations participate in the alliance . It is designed to help people lead a healthy lifestyle.

See also

• Bavarian State Examination Office for Social Insurance
• State Health Council of Bavaria

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ stmfh.bayern.de: https://www.stmfh.bayern.de/haushalt/staatshaushalt_2019/haushaltsplan/. Retrieved June 26, 2020 . 
2. ^ Melanie Huml - Minister of State for Health and Care. Ministry website, accessed March 28, 2020.
3. ↑ Lothar Klein: CSU sends Huml into exile in Nuremberg. In: Apotheke ad hoc, August 1, 2016, accessed on August 1, 2016.
4. ↑ Nuremberg: Moving does not bother the crisis team. Retrieved June 9, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Head of Office and Head of Department. In: stmgp.bayern.de, accessed on March 28, 2020.
6. ^ Tasks and organization of the Bavarian State Ministry for Health and Care. State Ministry of Health and Care. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
7. ↑ Legal bases in the business area ( Memento of April 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). State Ministry of Health and Care. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
8. ↑ Thirteenth Ordinance Amending the Ordinance Implementing Social Laws. In: proclamation platform Bavaria. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
9. ↑ Joint state committee for Bavaria established on questions of medical care. BStMGP, press release No. 318 / GP, December 1, 2015. Accessed December 1, 2015.
10. ↑ The Bavarian Health and Care Prize. Bavarian State Ministry for Health and Care. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
11. ↑ Huml awards the Bavarian Health and Care Prize for the first time. BStMGP, press release No. 298 / GP, November 17, 2015. Accessed November 18, 2015.
12. ^ Bavarian prevention plan. (PDF; 6.0 MB) Bavarian State Ministry for Health and Care, December 2015, accessed on March 31, 2018.
13. ^ Alliance for prevention concluded. BStMGP, Press Release No. 311 / GP, November 25, 2015. Accessed November 25, 2015.

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