- Date
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25 Feb 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Aged Care
- Summary
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Amends the:
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
to: change the maximum allowable age for people to be covered under a family private health insurance policy as a dependent from up to 24 years of age to up to 31 years of age; and enable people with a disability, regardless of their age, to be covered under a family private health insurance policy as a dependent; Age Discrimination Act 2004
to enable private health insurers to cover older dependent people; and Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015
to substitute the term of dependent persons for dependent children.