Health Legislation Amendment (eHealth) Bill 2015

Summary

Amends the: Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010, Health Insurance Act 1973, National Health Act 1953 and Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012 to change the name of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record system to the My Health Record system; Copyright Act 1968, Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010, Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012 and Privacy Act 1988 to: trial opt-out arrangements in selected regions and enable opt-out to occur nationally if the trials are successful; abolish the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record Jurisdictional Advisory Committee and Independent Advisory Council; revise the way that permissions to collect, use and disclose information are presented; create new civil and criminal penalties and provide that enforceable undertakings and injunctions are available in both the healthcare identifiers service or the My Health Record system; clarify that information about healthcare provider organisations is not personal information; clarify that health-related disability, palliative care and aged care services are considered health services; and clarify mandatory data breach notification requirements for participants in the system; and Health Insurance Act 1973, National Health Act 1953 and Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012 to make consequential amendments.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	17 Sep 2015
Second reading moved	17 Sep 2015
Second reading debate	14 Oct 2015
Second reading debate	15 Oct 2015
Second reading agreed to	15 Oct 2015
Third reading agreed to	15 Oct 2015

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	15 Oct 2015
Second reading moved	15 Oct 2015
Second reading debate	12 Nov 2015
Second reading agreed to	12 Nov 2015
Third reading agreed to	12 Nov 2015


Finally passed both Houses	12 Nov 2015
Assent Act no: 157 Year: 2015	26 Nov 2015

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

As passed by both Houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

No proposed amendments have been circulated.

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (15/10/2015): Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Committee report (09/11/2015)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

Helpful information

Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

Circulated by members and senators when they propose to make changes to the bill. For details about the outcome of proposed amendments please refer to either the Votes and Proceedings (House of Representatives) or the Journals (Senate).

Schedules of amendments

Schedules of amendments list amendments agreed to by the second house are communicated to the first house for consideration. Subsequent action by either house may also be included in a schedule.