RHAN 2GOFAL IECHYD
23Trosolwg o Ran 2
(1)Mae adrannau 24 a 25 yn gwneud darpariaeth ar gyfer caniatáu gwneud taliadau yn uniongyrchol i glaf neu berson a enwebir gan y claf er mwyn i’r claf sicrhau gwasanaethau neu nwyddau y mae rhaid, neu y caniateir, eu darparu fel arall o dan Ddeddf y Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol (Cymru) 2006 (p. 42) (“Deddf 2006”) neu o dan adran 117 o Ddeddf Iechyd Meddwl 1983 (p. 20), ac mewn cysylltiad â chaniatáu gwneud taliadau o’r fath.
(2)Mae adran 26 yn diwygio adran 47 o Ddeddf 2014 er mwyn darparu na chaiff awdurdod lleol ond darparu neu drefnu i ddarparu gwasanaethau neu gyfleusterau y mae’n ofynnol eu darparu o dan ddeddfiadau iechyd penodol—
(a)os byddai darparu’r gwasanaethau neu’r cyfleusterau’n gysylltiedig â gwasanaethau gofal a chymorth penodol y caiff yr awdurdod lleol eu darparu, neu y mae rhaid i’r awdurdod lleol eu darparu, o dan Ddeddf 2014, neu os byddai’n ategol at y gwasanaethau gofal a chymorth penodol hynny, a
(b)os ydynt o natur y gellir disgwyl i’r awdurdod lleol eu darparu.
24Taliadau uniongyrchol am ofal iechyd
(1)Mae Deddf 2006 wedi ei diwygio fel a ganlyn.
(2)Ar ôl adran 10A mewnosoder—
“Direct payments for health care
10BDirect payments for health care
(1)The Welsh Ministers may, for the purpose of securing the provision to a patient of anything to which subsection (3) applies, make payments to the patient or to a person nominated by the patient.
(2)Subsection (1) is subject to any provision made by regulations under section 10C.
(3)This subsection applies to—
(a)anything that the Welsh Ministers may or must provide under section 2(1) or 3(1);
(b)anything for which the Welsh Ministers must arrange under paragraph 8 of Schedule 1;
(c)any vehicles that the Welsh Ministers may provide under paragraph 9 of Schedule 1;
(d)anything the Welsh Ministers may provide under paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 (including anything for which a grant may be made under paragraph 10(3) of Schedule 1).
(4)Payments may not be made under subsection (1) unless the patient consents to the making of the payments, subject to any provision made by regulations under section 10C in respect of a patient who lacks capacity or is a child.
(5)Where the Welsh Ministers make payments under subsection (1), they must, having regard to the purposes for which the payments are made, make arrangements for the provision to the patient, payee or their representative of such information, advice or other support, as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.
(6)Regulations may provide that a Local Health Board may, for the purpose of securing the provision to a patient of after-care services that a Local Health Board must provide under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20), make payments to the patient or to a person nominated by the patient.
(7)Regulations under subsection (6) must—
(a)provide that payments under the regulations cannot be made unless the patient consents to the making of the payments, subject to any provision made by regulations under section 10C in respect of a patient who lacks capacity or is a child;
(b)make provision in respect of information, advice or other support to be provided by a Local Health Board to patients, payees or their representatives in connection with the payments.
(8)In section 10C and section 10D, “direct payments” means payments made under subsection (1) or under regulations made under subsection (6).
(9)In this section and section 10C—
(a)“child” means a person who has not attained the age of 16;
(b)references to a person lacking capacity are references to a person lacking capacity within the meaning of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9).
10CRegulations about direct payments
(1)Regulations may make provision about direct payments.
(2)The regulations may, in particular, make provision about—
(a)the circumstances in which, and descriptions of persons and services in respect of which, direct payments may, must or must not be made;
(b)the circumstances in which direct payments may, must or must not be made to a person nominated by the patient;
(c)the making of direct payments (and, in particular, as to persons to whom payments may or must be made) if the patient lacks capacity to consent to the making of the payments or is a child;
(d)matters to which the Welsh Ministers or a Local Health Board may or must have regard when making a decision about direct payments;
(e)conditions that the Welsh Ministers or a Local Health Board may, must or must not attach in relation to direct payments;
(f)the steps that the Welsh Ministers or a Local Health Board may or must take before, or after, making a decision about direct payments;
(g)the conditions that the patient or (if different) the payee may or must be required to comply with before, after, or at the time when a direct payment is made;
(h)the amount of any direct payment or how it is to be calculated;
(i)the circumstances in which the Welsh Ministers or a Local Health Board may or must stop making direct payments;
(j)the circumstances in which the Welsh Ministers or a Local Health Board may or must require all or part of a direct payment to be repaid by the patient or (if different) the payee, or otherwise;
(k)the monitoring of the making of direct payments, of their use by the patient or (if different) the payee, or of services which they are used to secure;
(l)the review of decisions as to whether a direct payment should be made;
(m)the arrangements to be made by the Welsh Ministers or Local Health Board for providing patients, payees or their representatives with information, advice or other support in connection with direct payments;
(n)the extent to which such support is to be treated as a service in respect of which direct payments may be made.
(3)If the regulations make provision about persons who lack capacity to consent to the making of direct payments, the regulations may also make provision about the cases or circumstances where a person who has lacked that capacity but no longer does so (whether because of fluctuating capacity or regaining or gaining capacity).
(4)The regulations may provide for a sum which must be repaid to the Welsh Ministers or Local Health Board (as the case may be) by virtue of a condition or other requirement imposed by or under the regulations to be recoverable as a debt due to the Welsh Ministers or Local Health Board (as the case may be).
(5)The regulations may make provision—
(a)for a service in respect of which a direct payment has been made under section 10B(1) to be regarded as provided or arranged for by the Welsh Ministers under an enactment mentioned in section 10B(3), only to such extent and subject to such conditions as the regulations may specify;
(b)displacing functions or obligations of a Local Health Board with respect to the provision of after-care services under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20), only to such extent and subject to such conditions as the regulations may prescribe.
(6)In this section, “service” includes anything in respect of which direct payments may be made.
10DArrangements with other bodies relating to direct payments
(1)The Welsh Ministers or a Local Health Board may arrange with any person or body to provide assistance in connection with direct payments.
(2)Arrangements may be made under subsection (1) with voluntary organisations.
(3)Powers under this section may be exercised on such terms as may be agreed, including terms as to the making of payments by or to the Welsh Ministers or the Local Health Board.”
(3)Yn adran 203(6A)—
(a)ar ôl “section 10A(1),” mewnosoder “section 10C(1) (direct payments),”;
(b)ar ôl “section 82A (pharmaceutical needs assessments)” mewnosoder “or the first regulations under section 10B(6) (direct payments by Local Health Boards)”.
25Taliadau uniongyrchol am ofal iechyd: mân ddiwygiadau a diwygiadau canlyniadol
Mae Atodlen 2 yn gwneud mân ddiwygiadau a diwygiadau canlyniadol sy’n ymwneud â thaliadau uniongyrchol am ofal iechyd.
26Darparu gwasanaethau iechyd gan awdurdodau lleol
(1)Mae Deddf 2014 wedi ei diwygio fel a ganlyn.
(2)Yn adran 47(1)—
(a)daw’r geiriau o “y byddai gwneud hynny yn gysylltiedig” hyd at y diwedd yn baragraff (a);
(b)ar ddiwedd y paragraff hwnnw mewnosoder “, a
(b)y byddai’r gwasanaeth neu’r cyfleuster o dan sylw o natur y gellid disgwyl i’r awdurdod lleol ei ddarparu.”
(3)Yn adran 47(2)—
(a)daw’r geiriau o “y byddai gwneud hynny’n gysylltiedig” hyd at y diwedd yn baragraff (a);
(b)ar ddiwedd y paragraff hwnnw mewnosoder “, a
(b)y byddai’r gwasanaeth neu’r cyfleuster o dan sylw o natur y gellid disgwyl i’r awdurdod lleol ei ddarparu.”