Legislative drafting on health as a new field of study

Abstract

This study includes the results of a survey and analysis on the increase in the number and quality of studies on healthcare legislation in recent years. This increase is likely the consequence of both the development of the Health Law in Brazil and the growth and diversification in legal council activities in Brazil’s legislative houses. It is concluded that there has been recent development in this field of study and in the scientific production in this area, which is characterized as an increase in the number of studies and publications with two main focuses: the content of laws and the influence, on the results of the legislative process, of the constitutional and procedural laws that regulate the legislative process and reinforce the legislative power of the Executive Branch.