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. 2021 Dec 8;14:23. doi: 10.18502/jmehm.v14i23.8183

Table 3.

Strategic health policy documents and laws (25, 26)

Title Reference of Approval Year
The Provision of Medical Services to Government
Employees Act (PMSGEA)
Parliament 1972
The Establishment of the Ministry of Social Welfare
Act (EMSWA)
Parliament 1974
The Social Security Act (SSA) Parliament 1975
The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CIRI) Assembly of Experts for Constitution 1979
The Establishment of the MoHME Act Parliament 1985
The Organizations and Duties of the MoHME Act Parliament 1988
The First Economic, Social and Cultural Development
Plan of the Islamic Republic of Iran Act (the chapter
related to health)
Parliament 1989
The Second Five-Year Economic, Social and Cultural
Development Plan of the Islamic Republic of Iran Act
(the chapter related to health)
Parliament 1994
Public Health Insurance Act (PHIA) Parliament 1994
The Third Economic, Social and Cultural Development
Plan of the Islamic Republic of Iran Act (the chapter
related to health)
Parliament 2000
Strategic Policies of the MoHME in the Third
Development Plan
MoHME 2001
Organizing Health-Care Services Based on Articles 3,
29, and 43 of the CIRI Act
Parliament 2002
The 20-Year Vision Document of the Islamic Republic
of Iran (20-YVDIRI)
Expediency Discernment Council 2003
The Fourth Economic, Social and Cultural
Development Plan of the Islamic Republic of Iran Act
(the chapter related to health) (FESCDPIRI)
Parliament 2004
The National Document for the Development of the
Health Sector, the FESCDPIRI
MoHME 2004
The Structure of the Comprehensive System of Welfare
and Social Security Act (LSCSWSS)
Parliament 2004
The Fifth Economic, Social and Cultural Development
Plan of the Islamic Republic of Iran Act (2011 - 2015)
(the chapter related to health)
Parliament 2010
The Comprehensive Scientific Health Map (CSHM) Specialized Committee of Health and
Life Sciences of the Supreme Council of
the Cultural Revolution, MoHME
2010
The Health System Transformation Map Based on the
Iranian-Islamic Progress Model (HSTMBIIPM)
Policy Council of the MoHME 2011
Mega Policies for Health (MPH) Supreme Leader’s Commands,
Expediency Discernment Council
2014
The Health System Transformation Plan Directive
(HSTPD)
Deputy for Medical Services, MoHME 2014
The Family Physician and Rural Insurance Program
Directive – Version 18 (FPRIPD)
Deputy for Health, MoHME; Iran
Health Insurance Organization
2016
The Sixth Economic, Social and Cultural Development
Plan of the Islamic Republic of Iran Act (2017 - 2021)
(the chapter related to health) (SESCDPIRI)
Parliament 2017
Obligations of the Health Insurance Organization of
Iran to cover and provide health insurance services
Cabinet 2017