The Idea of The Health Omnibus Law as A National Legal Policy in An Efort to Increase Public Health Degrees in Indonesia I Nyoman Bagiastra 33 Jurnal Penelitian Hukum De Jure Volume 23, Number 1, March 2023 P-ISSN: 1410-5632, E-ISSN: 2579-8561 Accredited No: 10/E/KPT/2019 This work is published under license Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International CC BY-NC 4.0) THE IDEA OF THE HEALTH OMNIBUS LAW AS A NATIONAL LEGAL POLICY IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE PUBLIC HEALTH DEGREES IN INDONESIA I Nyoman Bagiastra Fakultas Hukum, Universitas Udayana, Denpasar, Indonesia Email: nyoman_bagiastra@unud.ac.id Submitted: 03-12-2022; Accepted: 15-03-2023 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30641/dejure.2023.V23.033-046 ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the ontological aspects of health promotion in an efort to improve public health status and to analyze the health sector in the General Agreement on Trade in Services. This research also aims to ofer the idea of omnibus law health as a national legal policy in an efort to improve public health status in Indonesia. This article uses normative legal research methods using statutory approaches, conceptual approaches, and analytical approaches. The study indicates that the idea of an omnibus law on health as a national legal policy in an efort to improve public health status in Indonesia is a challenge as well as an opportunity. Considering that the health service sector has an important contribution to the sustainable development goals presented by the United Nations, that is, one of the goals of sustainable development is for a healthy and prosperous life. Therefore, it is necessary to revise and harmonize regulations both nationally and internationally which are based on Pancasila values to ensure that the mission is realized to improve public health in a comprehensive manner that is equitable, fair, and afordable and has legal certainty. Keywords : alternative policy; health; Indonesia; omnibus law; public 1. INTRODUCTION The concept of the omnibus law is a common thing in establishing laws and regulations. Omnibus comes from the Latin word “omnis”, which means all. 1 This concept has inspired many legislators in Anglo- Saxon countries. Even several countries that adhere to the Continental European legal system have also used this method, inter alia: the United States of America (The Omnibus Act of June 1868, The Omnibus Act of February 22,1889), Canada (Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968- 69), Philippines (Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003), Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Thailand. 2 In Indonesia, the discourse on the use of the omnibus law method was conveyed by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Ir. H. Joko Widodo in 2019 in his state speech at the inauguration as President before the People’s Consultative Assembly session on 20 October 2019. Omnibus law is the focus of the president to be able to resolve overlapping regulatory and bureaucratic problems. It is hoped that the omnibus law will provide good service to the community and attract foreign investors to invest in Indonesia. 3 The beginning of the omnibus law scheme in Indonesia was an adjustment to the pace of investment that led to the achievement of a goal of simplifying the entrance for foreign investors to carry out activities in Indonesia. It is proven by the directives of Indonesian president Joko Widodo that there will be 3 laws that will be made as a form of omnibus law namely taxation, creating jobs, and empowering MSMEs. However, the 1 Ricca Anggraeni and Cipta Indra Lestari Rachman, Omnibus Law in Indonesia : Is That the Right Strategy (International Conference on Law, Economics and Health (ICLEH) Atlantis Press, 2020), 82. 2 Agnes Fitryantica, “Harmonisasi Peraturan Perundang-Undangan Indonesia Melalui Konsep Omnibus Law,” Gema Keadilan 6, no. 3 (2019): 300–316. 3 Adhi Setyo Prabowo et al., “Politik Hukum Omnibus Law Di Indonesia,” Jurnal Pamator: Jurnal Ilmiah Universitas Trunojoyo 13, no. 1 (2020): 1–6.