Text file: 11865.txt
author: verso verso
downvotes: 1
end consideration date: 2020-08-13
id: '11865'
number comments: 3
number views: 421
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: 'Response from the Ministry of Health

  The EU Directive left it up to the individual Member States to decide whether to
  integrate the EU-KZZ functionality into an existing KZZ or to produce a new, parallel
  card. Unfortunately, the first solution is not appropriate in practice and is not
  cost-effective. The validity of the EU-CCN is a card that can be read by the naked
  eye and is time-limited, in line with EU rules. The EU-CCTB is designed at a much
  lower technological level than the KZZ, as it is not yet a smart card with a chip
  and cannot be remotely blocked to prevent its unjustified use (misuse) by e.g. other
  EU citizens. The EU-CCTB is therefore issued for a period of one year, but only
  to less risky groups of insured persons (pensioners, family members) for a longer
  period of time. Due to the potential risks of termination of insurance or abuse,
  the ZZZS does not consider a longer period of validity of the EU-KZZ to be appropriate.
  The reduction in the number of cards ordered and the associated costs does not outweigh
  the potential costs of treatment in the event of termination of insurance or abuse
  of the EHIC. A longer validity of the EUCTD than the current one would pose a very
  high risk in these cases and its technological simplicity.

  In contrast to the EU-KZZ, the KZZ is a "smart card" and the key to access the data
  needed to claim health insurance benefits in Slovenia. The validity of the EHIC
  is limited to 10 years (and even the first generation of the EHIC is unlimited)
  for security reasons, as is the validity of the digital certificate. The production
  and other costs of issuing the EHIC are higher than for the EU-EEA. It would be
  pointless and uneconomic to replace the KZZ every time a new EU-KZZ is issued. It
  is also unacceptable for security and logistical reasons to print a new date on
  cards already issued. In the future, it is envisaged that at EU level it will be
  possible to immediately check the validity of the issued EU-PCN (creation of an
  electronic, smart EU-PCN card), so that at that time the ZZZS will reassess the
  advisability of merging the two cards: the EU-PCN and the CPC.

  As regards the recording of the patient''s blood group on the CHD, please note that
  this is health data needed by health professionals and therefore, in accordance
  with the Act on databases in the field of health care (Official Journal of the RS,
  No 65/00, 47/15 and 31/18), the controller of this data is the National Institute
  of Public Health (NIJZ). Therefore, we consider it reasonable that this information
  is kept in the context of the patient''s comprehensive electronic medical record
  (or the Central Patient Data Register), i.e. not directly on the card, but in a
  computerised database set up by the NIJZ.'
response date: 2020-10-20
response due date: null
sent date: 2020-07-14
title: the health card should bring everything together, including the European Health
  Card
upvotes: 28
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/11865
