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• Medical Indemnity (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to implement a framework for medical indemnity insurance, the bill amends: the secrecy provisions of the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  and

  National Health Act 1953

  to include reference to the medical indemnity legislation; and

  Health Insurance Commission Act 1973

  to: amend certain offence definitions; and require the Health Insurance Commission to include in its annual report material on the operations of the medical indemnity legislation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical Indemnity (Enhanced UMP Indemnity) Contribution Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to implement a framework for medical indemnity insurance, the bill imposes a tax on certain members and former members of United Medical Protection Limited (UMP) to recover the costs of the Commonwealth guarantee to the provisional liquidator of UMP/AMIL (Australasian Medical Insurance Limited). Also contains a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical Indemnity (IBNR Indemnity) Contribution Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to implement a framework for medical indemnity insurance, the bill imposes a tax on members of medical defence organisations with unfunded incurred but not reported liabilities to recover the costs of Commonwealth assistance in meeting these liabilities. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical Indemnity Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to implement a framework for medical indemnity insurance, the bill: implements the IBNR (incurred but not reported) indemnity scheme and the high cost claims scheme which provide for Commonwealth assistance in relation to certain liabilities of medical defence organisations and medical indemnity insurers; and introduces premium subsidies to assist medical practitioners in meeting the cost of indemnity coverage. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits—Budget Measures) Bill 2004

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  Date

  13 Nov 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  to increase Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme patient co-payments and safety net thresholds. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Care (Appropriation) Amendment Bill 2002

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  Date

  29 Aug 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Care (Appropriation) Act 1998

  to: increase the maximum amount of Commonwealth financial assistance grants provided under the 1998-2003 Australian Health Care Agreements; and provide for the tabling of a statement of the total amount of financial assistance paid. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review and Other Matters) Bill 2002

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  Date

  27 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to: clarify the intended operation of the Professional Services Review (PSR) Scheme and address certain issues identified by the Federal Court; validate investigative and adjudicative referrals currently under consideration by PSR committees to the extent that the matters referred relate to particular specified conduct or services; amend the age of access to services under the Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Scheme; remove redundant definitions relating to health care and pensioner concession cards; and

  Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review) Act 1999

  to clarify the transitional provisions in that Act relating to production of documents and obtaining information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2003

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  Date

  27 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to clarify the definition of a “therapeutic good”; transfer advertising offences from the regulations to the Act; create new offences for publishing advertisements that breach the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code and extend the coverage of existing offences to broadcast media; and strengthen existing requirements on manufacturers and sponsors of therapeutic goods to ensure the quality, safety and efficacy of therapeutic goods supplied in, or exported from, Australia; and

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to remove provisions relating to pre-approval of therapeutic goods advertisements in the broadcast media, to enable these functions to be transferred to the Therapeutic Goods Regulations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Act 1998

  to confirm that the charges imposed by the Act are payable even by Commonwealth entities that are otherwise exempt from taxation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Private Health Industry Measures) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  in relation to: gap cover schemes; the obligations of health funds to provide information to the public and the Health Insurance Commission; rationalising the structure of the Act; and

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to transfer responsibility for registration of billing agents from the Private Health Insurance Administration Council to the Health Insurance Commission. Also contains transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum