EMPLOYEES’ HEALTH CARE SCHEME – Operational Guidelines

 

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

ABSTRACT

HEALTH CARE – EMPLOYEES’ HEALTH CARE SCHEME – Operational

Guidelines – Issued.

FINANCE (HR-VI) DEPARTMENT

G.O.MS.No. 64 Dated: 18-04-2016

Read the following:

1. G.O.Ms.No.134, Health and Medical (L1) Department dated.29.10.2014.

2. G.O.Ms.No.331. Finance (TFR) Department, dated.11.12.2013.

3. G.O.Ms.No.64, Finance (TFR) Department, dated.18.03.2014.

4. G.O.Ms.No.210, Finance (TFR) Department, dated.15.11.2014.

5. G.O.Ms.No.5. Finance (TFR) Department, dated.21.01.2015.

6. G.O. Rt .No.83 Health Medical & Family Welfare (L1) Department, dated 25.02.2016

ORDER:

1.            In the GO sixth read above, guidelines were issued for effective implementation

of Employees Health Scheme (EHS). Further, it was suggested that the Finance

Department would issue necessary instructions relating to the operation of funds

required for the scheme and establish a system for prompt payment to the hospitals

providing services. Accordingly, the following guidelines are issued for streamlined

management for EHS financial operations.

a. The Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) of all departments are hereby

ordered to deduct the monthly contribution due to the Employees’ Health

Scheme (EHS) from the salary of the employees and forward the schedule of

deduction along with the Pay Bills to the concerned treasury every month, viz.,

DTO / STO/ PAO / Assist PAO, etc.

b. The Drawing and Disbursing officers are required to furnish a certificate along

with the Pay Bills that EHS contribution has been deducted from the salary of all

employees for whom salary is claimed.

c. The Treasury Officer in charge shall carefully scrutinise the pay bills and ensure

that necessary EHS deductions are made in accordance with the provisions of this

scheme.

d. Similarly, the District Treasury Officers shall deduct the contribution from the

Pensions and prepare a schedule of deductions from the pensions disbursed for

the month and enclose a certificate that deductions have been made in respect of

all pensioners.

e. The Director of Treasuries and Accounts is hereby designated as the Nodal

Officer for the overall management of all finances relating to EHS, that include

inter alia, monthly deductions of the employee and pensioner contribution,

depositing the contributions in the PD account under Head of Account 8342 -00-

120-00-11-003-000, for which the Director of Treasuries and Accounts shall be the

administrator, accounting, release of funds to the EHS executing agency, the

NTR Vaidya Seva Trust, reconciliation, reporting and monitoring.

f. The Pay and Accounts Officer and Director of Works Accounts are required to

transfer the contribution of employees towards the EHS to the Director of

Treasuries and Accounts every month.

g. The Finance Department will issue Comprehensive Budget Release Order

(CBRO) in the month of April every year, authorising the release of

Government’s contribution to the Employees Health Scheme under Head of

Account 2210 - 01 M.H. 001- S.H. (10) Government Contribution for Employees.

h. The Director of Treasuries and Accounts will draw an amount equivalent to the

employees and pensioners’ monthly contribution to the EHS from the account

mentioned above at (g) and transfer the same to the EHS – PD Account. In case

of employees on deputation / working on Foreign Service like Andhra Pradesh

Vaidya Vidhana Parishad (APVVP), the procedure followed for the Contributory

Pension Scheme (CPS) shall be followed in case of Employees Health Scheme.

i. The Government hereby authorize the Director of Treasuries and Accounts to

transfer Rupees Fifty Crores (Rs 50 crores) to the PD Account of the NTR Vaidya

Sevaas one time advance to establish ‘EHS Revolving Fund’ to be operated

exclusively for the purpose of EHS. This amount shall be a permanent advance to

the NTR Vaidya Seva for the purpose of EHS and shall be replenished every

month or earlier based on the submission of certified statement of expenditure

(SOE) by the Chief Executive Officer,Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva Trust. At any given

time, the Trust would have funds adequate to finance two months of EHS

payments in its PD account.

j. The Chief Executive Officer of Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva Trust shall settle the claims

of the Hospitals relating to EHS within fifteen days of the claim being preferred

by the hospital and there shall be no lapse in this regard. Further, the Vaidya Seva

Trust shall not mix EHS implementation with other programmes being

implemented by the agency.

k. The Director of Treasuries and Accounts and the CEO of Dr NTR Vaidya Seva

Trust shall reconcile accounts relating to EHS every month before the fifteenth

day of the following month and furnish reports to the government.

l. The Principal Secretary of Medical and Health Department and the Finance

Secretary (Expenditure) will jointly review the implementation of EHS every

quarter and take immediate remedial action as required to ensure smooth and

streamlined implementation of the EHS.

2. The Steering Committee of the EHS that includes all stakeholders will review the

implementation of the scheme periodically and make necessary recommendations for

effective implementation of the scheme. This procedure for operation of EHS guidelines

shall become operational with immediate effect.

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)

DR P.V. RAMESH

PRINCIPAL FINANCE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

To

1. The Principal Secretary, Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department

2. All Special Chief Secretaries / Principal Secretaries / Secretaries to Government

3. The Chief Executive Officer, Dr NTR Vaidya Seva Trust, Hyderabad

4. The Director of Treasuries and Accounts, A.P.,Hyderabad

5. The Pay and Accounts Officer, A.P.,Hyderabad

6. The Director of Works and Accounts,A.P.,Hyderabad

7. All Head of the Departments

8. All District Collectors of Andhra Pradesh

9. All District Judges of Andhra Pradesh

10. The Registrar – General of Hon’ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

11. Heads of all Public Sector Undertakings

Copy to:

1. The President and General Secretary of all Employee Associations and

Pensioners Associations

2. PS / OSD of all Hon’ble Ministers

3. PS / OSD to the Chief Secretary / Principal Secretary / Secretary to the Chief

Minister

4. PS to the Hon’ble Chief Minister

5. Finance (FMU. HM&FW) Department

6. General Administration (SW) Department

7. Private Secretary to the Principal Finance Secretary to Government / All Finance

Secretaries and all Officers and Sections of the Finance Department

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