Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2206(INL)
Modernised rules for patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare
Legislative initiative · First reading
Parliament asks the Commission to propose a law and says what it should contain.
Where it stands
Committee work
In committee: SANT (Public Health) is preparing the report (draft published 14 July 2026).
- Referred to committee(done) 13 November 2025
- Committee work SANT (Public Health) preparing the report
- Tabled for plenary(to come)
- Plenary vote(to come)
- Parliament’s position(to come)
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Public Health
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Giorgos Georgiou (The Left)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Liesbet Sommen (EPP), Marta Temido (S&D), Valérie Deloge (Patriots), Michele Picaro (ECR), Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu (Renew), Tilly Metz (Greens)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Committee draft· 14 Jul 2026
AI summary:This is a draft report by the Committee on Public Health, with recommendations to the Commission, on modernised rules for patients' rights in cross-border healthcare. It calls on the Commission to propose a revision of Directive 2011/24/EU by the end of 2027, and sets out detailed recommendations in an annex.
Timeline
Newest first.
Committee stage 3 steps
11 September 2026
Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)
Members of SANT (Public Health) proposed changes to the draft.
Amendments in committee (SANT)Amendments in committee (SANT)
14 July 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in SANT (Public Health). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
13 November 2025
Referred to the SANT (Public Health) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2206(INL)