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• 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

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  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

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  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

• Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2002

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  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to: clarify the powers, functions and duties of Commonwealth officials and authorities within the Commonwealth-State cooperative scheme for the regulation of therapeutic goods (as a consequence of the High Court’s decision in R v Hughes); enable the implementation of the mutual recognition agreement entered into between Australia and Singapore relating to the manufacture of medicines; provide for implementation of other similar mutual recognition agreements; enable collection of information and documents in relation to blood and blood component manufacturing processes and practices; clarify the timeframe for payment of evaluation fees; and allow the Minister to impose conditions for the listing of goods on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods;

  Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

  and

  National Occupational Health and Safety Commission Act 1985

  to reflect new administrative and financial arrangements required as a result of changed portfolio responsibilities; and proposed

  Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Medical Devices) Act 2002

  , if it commences after this proposed Act, in relation to the definition of “conformity assessment certificate”. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2002

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  Date

  20 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to enable the Minister to allow the importation, manufacture or supply of unapproved therapeutic goods that are needed to treat large numbers of patients in a national emergency. Also provides for strengthened offence provisions and recording keeping and reporting requirements in relation to such unapproved therapeutic goods. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Amendment Bill 2002

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  Date

  14 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Medical Devices) Bill 2002, the bill amends the

  Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Act 1989

  to provide for annual charges to be payable for medical devices to be included on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Medical Devices) Bill 2002

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  Date

  14 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Amendment Bill 2002, the bill amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to introduce a medical device regulatory system, including a new electronic application lodgment system for inclusion of medical devices on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods; and provides transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical Indemnity (Competitive Advantage Payment) Bill 2005

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  Date

  16 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing portfoli 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Medical Indemnity Legislation Amendment (Competitive Neutrality) Bill 2005, the bill imposes a competitive adjustment payment to be made by insurers that provide medical indemnity to members of medical defence organisations participating in the incurred but not reported indemnity scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum