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The Committee invites the Government in its next report to respond to the following requests.

Article 7. Degree of incapacity to work. Please indicate whether under national legislation the entitlement to sickness benefit requires a minimum degree of incapacity for work.

Articles 10 and 19. Coverage. Please provide all relevant statistics requested in the report form under Articles 10 and 19.

Article 13. Nature of the care. Please indicate the applicable legal provisions which give effect to Article 13(a) on domiciliary care and Article 13(b), (c) and (e).

Article 17. Sharing in the cost of medical care. Please indicate the extent to which the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s breadwinner is required to share the cost of the medical care received and what measures have been taken to ensure that cost sharing avoids hardship and does not prejudice the effectiveness of medical and social protection.

Article 22. Please provide the information requested by the report form under Titles I and II of Article 22.

Article 27. Funeral allowance. Please indicate whether the amount of the funeral allowance provided by the legislation is sufficient in relation to the real cost of funerals.

Article 28. Suspension of benefits. The Committee notes from the Government’s report that benefits are reduced by half in the event work incapacity results from alcohol consumption or abuse of drugs. Please indicate how this provision is being applied in practice and the number of cases where the benefits have been reduced for such reasons.

Article 29. Right of appeal and complaint. Please indicate how this Article is applied in national law and practice.

Article 32. Equal treatment. Please provide detailed information on the legislation and procedures available to ensure access to medical care for non-nationals.

The Committee would also be grateful if the Government would attach to its next report the latest available consolidated versions of the following legislation: Act No. 461/2003 Coll. on Social Insurance of 20 October 2003; Act No. 462/2003 Coll. on wage replacement during temporary work incapacity of an employee; Act No. 140/1998 on medicines and medical aids; Act No. 576/2004 on health care and on services related to health care; Act No. 577/2004 on the scope of health care covered by the public health insurance and on the reimbursement of health care-related services; Act No. 578/2004 on health care providers, health workers and professional organizations in the health service; Act No. 579/2004 Coll. of 21 October 2004 on the emergency medical service; Act No. 580/2004 on health insurance and Act No. 581/2004 on health insurance companies and health care supervision.