Comparative Study of Health Legislation Commissions in Selected Countries and Iran

Parliaments are the embodiment of democratic political systems. Each legislative assembly is a complex organization usually with several hundred members. The two main tools for organizing legislative assemblies are political parties and internal parliamentary committees. On the other hand, governments' involvement and interference in health is often achieved through legislation. Legislation in a complex, highly specialized, sensitive and challenging environment such as health requires a great deal of care and attention. Therefore, the role of committees in organizing health approvals is crucial.

This research is a comparative study. The research environment consists of legislative assemblies in ten selected countries that were selected and evaluated by 4 criteria of legal system, executive regime, efficiency and success in legislation and type of health system through targeted search. The level of duties and responsibilities of the commissions varied across the countries studied.

The legislatures of the studied countries use different models with different levels of authority to legislate in the health sector. There were various active legislative commissions in all 10 countries studied. In 6 countries )Japan, Turkey, South Africa, USA, Egypt and Iran) there was an Commission on Health Affairs and in 4 other countries such commission were not seen.

In the Iranian Parliament, the Independent Commission on Health Care is considered to have a wide range of functions and responsibilities and can easily interact with stakeholder's.Provides expert and specialized work in the field of health that should be considered.