The Bill is intended to encourage greater public and patient involvement in the planning and delivery of local healthcare services by introducing direct elections to Scotland's NHS Boards.
A wide-ranging consultation will start in the autumn of this year. This consultation will cover all the issues which relate to the Bill, in particular those related to direct elections.
These issues will include, for example, the eligibility to stand for election, the electoral franchise, potential electoral units, national and local accountability, the potential voting system and the concept of pilots.
The consultation will engage with and involve all those who are interested in helping to shape our final proposals.
The details of the Bill's proposals will depend on the outcomes from the consultation.