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• Health Legislation Amendment (Health Care Agreements) Bill 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Mar 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health and Family Services portfolio 

  Bill

• Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Dental Benefits Act 2008

  and

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to change the timeframe for making claims relating to bulk-billed Medicare and dental services from 2 years to 1 year;

  Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973

  to update investigative powers in relation to Medicare fraud offences;

  National Health Act 1953

  to streamline pharmacy approval processes;

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to: enable the department to manage and alleviate the consequences of therapeutic goods shortages; and support compliance and enforcement activities undertaken in relation to unlawful therapeutic and vaping goods; and

  Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Act 2023

  to clarify the intended operation of certain provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare and Private Health Insurance) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  National Health Act 1953

  and

  Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1998

  to enable registered private health funds to offer insurance plans to cover all out-of-pocket expenses for out-of-hospital Medicare rebatable services in excess of $1 000 in a calendar year; and

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to establish a new safety-net for concession card holders to cover 80 per cent of out-of-pocket expenses for out-of-hospital Medicare rebatable costs which have exceeded $500 in a calendar year; and provide for the introduction of an electronic direct billing option (whereby patients assign their Medicare rebate to their doctor and pay only the gap amount to the doctor), to be available to general practitioners who participate in the General Practice Access Scheme. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to: broaden the remit of the Professional Services Review (PSR) to make agreements with any person under review who acknowledges inappropriate practice (including bodies corporate); and introduce new sanctions for persons who fail to respond to a notice to produce documents to the Director of the PSR or to a PSR Committee, or fail to appear at hearings;

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  National Health Act 1953

  and

  Dental Benefits Act 2008

  to provide for: the recovery of interest payable on certain debts;, the application of administrative penalties to Shared Debt Recovery Scheme debts; the use of financial information gathering powers in debt recovery, Administrative Appeal Tribunal reviews where one or more garnishee notices are issued in relation to certain debts; and clarification of the Commonwealth's ability to recover debts from a person or the estate of a person. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Minimum Proficiency Requirements for Medical Practitioners) Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 May 2001 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care Portfolio 

  Bill

• Health Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Aug 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care Portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 4) 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 1999 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care Portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Oct 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Housing Australia Act 2018

  to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Help to Buy Scheme 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Help to Buy Bill 2023 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Oct 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Establishes a Commonwealth shared equity program (Help to Buy Scheme) to be administered by Housing Australia that will assist low to middle income earners to purchase new or existing homes 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• High Speed Rail Planning Authority Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ALBANESE, Anthony, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes the High Speed Rail Planning Authority and provides for its functions, appointment and terms and conditions of appointment of members, staff and consultants, conduct of meetings, and reporting and information requirements; and enables the minister to make rules prescribing matters. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum