Civil Service Medical Aid: Eligibility of Hospital Choice Services under § 17 KHEntgG
Germany (DE)
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AI generatedThe Federal Administrative Court admitted an appeal on points of law filed by the defendant, overturning the lower court’s refusal to do so, thereby allowing the case to proceed to the full bench for a final decision on its merits. The dispute concerns a challenge to the denial of civil service medical aid (Beihilfe) for "choice services" (Wahlleistungen) incurred during hospital treatment. The court determined that the legal question of how § 17 Abs. 2 Satz 1 Halbs. 2 KHEntgG applies to the eligibility of costs for choice services qualifies as a matter of fundamental importance, satisfying the statutory requirement for the admission of the appeal under § 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO.
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AI generated§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO; Civil Service Medical Aid: Eligibility of Hospital Choice Services under § 17 KHEntgG: The dispute concerns a challenge to the denial of civil service medical aid (Beihilfe) for "choice services" (Wahlleistungen) incurred during hospital treatment. The court determined that the legal question of how § 17 Abs. 2 Satz 1 Halbs. 2 KHEntgG applies to the eligibility of costs for choice services qualifies as a matter of fundamental importance, satisfying the statutory requirement for the admission of the appeal under § 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO.
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Beihilfe; Wahlleistung
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Die Beschwerde des Beklagten ist zulässig und begründet. Die Revision ist nach § 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO wegen grundsätzlicher Bedeutung der Rechtssache zuzulassen.
Die Revision kann dem Senat Gelegenheit geben, Fragen der Auslegung des § 17 Abs. 2 Satz 1 Halbs. 2 KHEntgG im Hinblick auf die Beihilfefähigkeit von Aufwendungen für Wahlleistungen zu klären.