The Standing Committee on Health and Care Services is examining two private member's bills aimed at strengthening the non-profit sector in health and care services. The committee majority proposes a registration scheme and legal definition of non-profit welfare providers to be sent for public consultation by the end of 2026. Members from various parties also propose shielded procurement competitions, innovation support, reporting on non-profit growth, and weighting quality more heavily than price in procurement decisions. Members from the Socialist Left Party, Centre Party, and Red Party further propose reserving contracts for non-profit providers and phasing out competitive tendering as a procurement method.
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The Storting calls on the government to follow up on parliamentary resolution no. 87 (2024–2025) and send a proposal on a registration law for public consultation by the end of 2026, including a legal definition of non-profit welfare providers. (Committee majority)
The Storting calls on the government to consider establishing innovation and establishment support for non-profit providers in health and care services. This examination must be conducted in collaboration with the non-profit sector. (Members from Socialist Left Party and Centre Party)
The Storting calls on the government to report annually in the state budget on non-profit sector growth in specialist health services and on how scope to reserve contracts for non-profit providers is being used by health enterprises. (Members from Socialist Left Party and Centre Party)
The Storting calls on the government to instruct health enterprises to use spare capacity in the non-profit sector and not establish services that compete directly with existing services operated by non-profit providers. (Members from Centre Party and Christian Democratic Party)
The Storting calls on the government to ensure that quality, continuity, and values are weighted more heavily than price in procuring health and care services. (Members from Centre Party and Christian Democratic Party)
The Storting calls on the government to ensure that health enterprises reserve contracts for non-profit providers in welfare sectors where competitive tendering is currently used as the procurement method. Agreements should be long-term. (Members from Socialist Left Party, Centre Party, and Red Party)
The Storting calls on the government to begin phasing out competitive tendering as a procurement method in health and care services and replace it with strengthened public provision and long-term collaboration with non-profit providers. (Members from Socialist Left Party, Centre Party, and Red Party)