The white paper on National Health Insurance (NHI) and Treasury's financing paper for the programme will be tabled "shortly", Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said.
This followed their completion, together with a draft NHI bill, over the past two financial years, he said, delivering his 2014 Budget in the National Assembly.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi launched 10 pilot projects in 2012 to assess policy options for NHI.
Various initiatives will now be expanded in these 10 districts, with the support of two conditional grants.
Gordhan told MPs: "In addition to hospital and clinic building and refurbishment programmes, R1.2bn has been allocated for piloting general practitioners' contracts."
He said an independent office of healthcare standards compliance would be launched in the new financial year.
This would be responsible for inspecting health facilities and improving the quality of health provision.
The national health department will spend R487.2 million in the new financial year on the NHI and health financing sub-programme.
In 2013/14, R370.3 million was spent on the sub programme.
By 2017, estimated spending on the NHI and related funding is expected to be about R535 million.
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