Ghana Medical Trust Fund Act, 2025 (Act 1144)

LONG TITLE

AN ACT to establish the Ghana Medical Trust Fund to mobilise resources to finance and support the provision of specialised medical care for the treatment of persons with chronic diseases; to provide for the management of the Fund and for related matters.

DATE OF ASSENT

29th July, 2025.

ACT

1. Establishment of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund

(1) There is established by this Act, the Ghana Medical Trust Fund as a body corporate.

(2) The Fund may, for the performance of the functions of the Fund, acquire and hold property, dispose of property and enter into a contract or any other related transaction.

(3) Where there is a hindrance to the acquisition of land, the land may be acquired for the Fund under the Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036) and the cost shall be borne by the Fund.

2. Object of the Fund

The object of the Fund is to mobilise resources to finance and support the provision of specialised medical care for the treatment of persons with chronic diseases.

3. Sources of moneys for the Fund

The sources of moneys for the Fund are

(a) twenty per cent of total moneys allocated to the National Health Insurance Fund;

(b) moneys approved by Parliament;

(c) moneys that accrue to the Fund from investments;

(d) grants, donations, gifts and any other voluntary contributions made to the Fund; and

(e) any other moneys or property that may become lawfully payable or vested in the Board of Trustees for the Fund.

4. Bank account of the Fund

The moneys for the Fund shall

(a) vest in the Board of Trustees; and

(b) be paid into a bank account opened for the Fund with the approval of the Controller and Accountant‑General.

5. Application of moneys of the Fund

(1) For the purpose of achieving the object of the Fund under section 2, moneys from the Fund shall be applied to

(a) provide financial support to approved persons accessing specialised medical care for the treatment of chronic diseases;

(b) facilitate the provision or access to specialised medical care for the treatment of persons with chronic diseases;

(c) invest in programmes to promote equitable access to specialised medical care as determined by the Board of Trustees for the treatment of persons with chronic diseases;

(d) provide financial support for specialist medical training and specialised medical care research of relevance to specialised medical care as determined by the Board of Trustees for the treatment of persons with chronic diseases;

(e) investment in any other facilitating programme including medical equipment, infrastructure, human resources development and research; and

(f) any other matter necessary for the achievement of the object of the Fund.

(2) The moneys and resources of the Fund shall be disbursed in accordance with a formula to be determined by the Board of Trustees in consultation with the Minister and subject to the approval of Parliament.

(3) The Board of Trustees shall, in preparing the formula under subsection (2), take into consideration

(a) the burden of the chronic disease, the cost of care and financial equity;

(b) the advancement of equitable access to specialised medical care in the country; and

(c) the reduction in the high levels of morbidity, disability and mortality and the alleviation of suffering.

6. Board of Trustees

(1) The governing body of the Fund is a Board of Trustees consisting of

(a) the chairperson;

(b) the Administrator;

(c) a representative each of the following:

(i) the Ministry responsible for Health not below the rank of a Director nominated by the Minister;

(ii) the Ministry responsible for Finance not below the rank of a Director nominated by the Minister responsible for Finance; and

(iii) the Ministry responsible for Social Welfare not below the rank of a Director nominated by the Minister responsible for Social Welfare;

(d) the Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority.