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• 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

• Medical Indemnity Legislation Amendment (Competitive Neutrality) Bill 2005

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  Date

  16 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Medical Indemnity (Competitive Advantage Payment) Bill 2005, the bill amends the

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  ,

  Medical Indemnity (UMP Support Payment) Act 2002

  ,

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  Health Insurance Commission Act 1973

  and

  National Health Act 1953

  to: introduce administrative arrangements for the competitive advantage payment (to be imposed by the proposed

  Medical Indemnity (Competitive Advantage Payment) Act 2005

  ); modify aspects of the United Medical Protection support payment; and make a technical correction to the run-off cover payment provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical Indemnity Legislation Amendment (Run-off Cover Indemnity and Other Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Medical Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Bill 2004, the bill amends the:

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  ,

  Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003

  ,

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  Health Insurance Commission Act 1973

  and

  National Health Act 1953

  to introduce a run-off cover indemnity scheme to cover the cost of medical indemnity claims against eligible practitioners after they have retired or are not participating in the private medical workforce, which will be funded by a levy on medical indemnity insurers (the run-off cover support payment); and the

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  to enable a claims protocol to be determined to cover the payment of expenses arising from incurred but not reported indemnity scheme claims. Also repeals the

  Medical Indemnity (Enhanced UMP Indemnity) Contribution Act 2002

  and makes minor amendments to the

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  ,

  Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003

  and the Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Regulations 2003. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2005

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  Date

  17 Feb 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Refines the operation of the medical indemnity package by amending the:

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  ,

  Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003

  and

  Medical Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Act 2004

  in relation to the Run-Off Cover Indemnity Scheme; and

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  in relation to claims protocols. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  and

  Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003

  in relation to doctors’ eligibility for the Run-off Cover Scheme (ROCS). Also makes technical amendments consequential on the commencement of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical Research Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Medical Research Future Fund Bill 2015 to establish the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to support medical research and medical innovation from 1 August 2015, the bill amends: the

  COAG Reform Fund Act 2008

  to enable grants to the states and territories through the COAG Reform Fund; the

  DisabilityCare Australia Fund Act 2013

  ,

  Future Fund Act 2006

  and

  Nation-building Funds Act 2008

  to allow for amounts to be transferred between the MRFF and the Future Fund to allow for proper apportioning of common expenses incurred by the Future Fund Board in managing the MRFF, the Future Fund, the Nation-building Funds and the DisabilityCare Australia Fund Special Account; the

  Future Fund Act 2006

  to extend the Future Fund Board’s duties to manage the MRFF; the

  Nation-building Funds Act 2008

  to abolish the Health and Hospitals Fund (HHF); five Acts to make amendments consequential on the abolition of the HHF; and the proposed

  Medical Research Future Fund Act 2015

  to make amendments consequential on the

  Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical Research Future Fund Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Medical Research Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2015 to establish the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to support medical research and medical innovation from 1 August 2015, the bill provides for: initial funding of $1 billion from the uncommitted balance of the Health and Hospitals Fund; the establishment of the Australian Medical Research Advisory Board to develop the Australian Medical Research and Innovation Strategy and the Australian Medical Research and Innovation Priorities; and for the MRFF to be managed by the Future Fund Board of Guardians. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medicare Guarantee (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Medicare Guarantee Bill 2017, the bill amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  and

  National Health Act 1953

  to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Medicare Guarantee Fund. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medicare Guarantee Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Medicare Guarantee (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2017, the bill establishes the Medicare Guarantee Fund for the purposes of funding Medicare benefits and payments under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medicare Levy Amendment (Attribution Managed Investment Trusts) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to establish a new tax system for certain managed investment trusts, the bill amends the

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to impose the two per cent Medicare levy on trustees of attribution management investment trusts in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum