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Bill: New model for specialist planning, new payment scheme

Official title (in Danish): Forslag til lov om ændring af sundhedsloven og forskellige andre love. (Ny model for spe­ciale­plan­lægn­ing, ny afregningsordning i forbindelse med etablering af sundheds- og omsorgspladser, regionale kompetencer til at fordele og tilrettelægge uddannelsesforløb m.v.)

Bill · L 53 (2026-27)

In short

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  • What is proposed:
    • The bill proposes that the regions themselves can approve which regional hospitals should have certain specialised functions (regional functions).
    • It also proposes a new payment scheme for health and care places.
    • In addition, the regions will get more tasks with medicine and with distributing doctors' postgraduate training.
  • Who would be affected: If the bill is passed, regions, hospitals, municipalities and doctors in postgraduate training will be affected.
  • When: The bill has not been passed yet.

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If the bill is passed:

  • The regions can handle medicine for citizens in temporary inpatient places, e.g. health and care places, and in the citizen's own home. This does not require permission from the Danish Medicines Agency.
  • The public hospital pharmacies may supply medicine and other goods to the regions.
  • The regional councils take over the task of distributing and organising training programmes for doctors in postgraduate training. Today it lies with the regional councils for doctors' postgraduate training.
  • The regions must themselves approve regional functions at regional hospitals. Private hospitals must still have approval from the Danish Health Authority for regional functions. When private hospitals apply for a regional function, the Danish Health Authority can assist the regions with advice on whether the private hospitals meet the requirements.

Sources and original

Read the official text (in Danish) →

Source: the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)

Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.

Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)

Lovforslaget udmønter dele af »Aftale om sundhedsreform 2024« og dele af Sundhedsstyrelsens »Oplæg til ny model for spe­ciale­plan­lægn­ing« 2025. Forslaget indebærer, at regionerne får kompetence til at godkende og inddrage landsdels­funk­tion­er på regionale sygehuse. Derudover indebærer forslaget en ny afregningsordning, som skal understøtte kommunernes medansvar for patienter, der opholder sig på regionale sundheds- og omsorgspladser. Det indfører afslutningstakster på sundheds- og omsorgspladser samt en tilpasning af taksterne for færdigbehandlede på somatiske sygehuse. Yderligere giver forslaget regionerne mulighed for at håndtere lægemidler til brug for behandlingen af borgere på sundheds- og omsorgspladser og ved opstart af behandling i akutsygeplejen, og regionerne får mulighed for at rekvirere lægemidlerne hertil fra et sygehusapotek. Forslaget medfører desuden, at ansvaret for at fordele og tilrettelægge uddannelsesforløb i den lægelige videreuddannelse overgår fra de regionale videreud­dan­nelses­råd til regionsrådene. Endelig udvider forslaget den overgangsordning, som håndterer de samlede, afledte byrde­for­del­ings­mæssige konsekvenser for kommuner, der følger af sundhedsreformen. Loven foreslås at træde i kraft den 1. januar 2027.

Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.

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  1. Introduced · 8 October 2026
    Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
    Folketingets Åbne Data – sagstrin: fremsættelse
  2. 1. beh./Henvist til udvalg · 30 October 2026
    Status in the Danish Parliament: 1. beh./Henvist til udvalg
    Folketingets Åbne Data – sagstrin: 1. behandling
  3. Passed
    Awaiting the Danish Parliament
  4. Enters into force
    The date is not known yet