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The Committee notes the Government's report received in September 1997. It also notes the adoption of new legislative texts: Act No. 26842 relating to general health; Act No. 26790 relating to the modernization of social security in the health field; and Supreme Decree No. 009-97-SA to regulate the Act relating to the modernization of social security in the health field. The new legislation establishes a social security system for health purposes -- under the Peruvian Institute of Social Security (IPSS) -- and provides for the participation of health service companies. In its report, in addition to other general remarks, the Government states that the health services provided by the social security system are supplemented by the plans and programmes of the health service companies, which are enterprises or public or private institutions distinct from the IPSS, whose only purpose is to provide a health care service with its own infrastructure or with that of a third party under the supervision of a Health Service Company Inspectorate. According to the Government, the aim sought is not to privatize the social security system but only to enable the private sector to enter into this field. Taking into account the important changes made by the new legislation, the Committee requests the Government to provide a detailed report containing information on the legislation and practice, including statistics, as requested in the report form for each of the provisions of the Convention.

[The Government is invited to report in detail in 1998.]