The Standing Committee on Health and Care Services ( no, Helse- og omsorgskomiteen) is a
standing committee
A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly. A committee is not itself considered to be a form of assembly. Usually, the assembly sends matters into a committee as a way to explore them more ...
of the
Parliament of Norway
The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...
. It is responsible for policies relating to
health services, care and attendance services,
public health
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,
drug
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and
alcohol policy, and
pharmaceutical
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s. It corresponds to the
Ministry of Health and Care Services The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services (''Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet'') is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of health policy, public health, health care services, and health legislation in Norway. It is led by the Mini ...
. The committee has 15 members and is chaired by
Kari Kjønaas Kjos
Kari Kjønaas Kjos (born 25 January 1962, in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician representing the Progress Party. She is a representative of Akershus in the Storting since 2005 where she since 2013 has chairs the Standing Committee on Health and ...
of the
Progress Party.
The Standing Committee on Health and Care Services
Stortinget.no. Retrieved 30 October 2013
Members 2013–17
References
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Standing committees of the Storting
Parliamentary committees on Healthcare