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  • Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009

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    Date
    17 Sep 2009 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    to: enable the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Medicare Australia to require certain documents to be produced by a medical practitioner during a compliance audit; and provide that a practitioner unable to substantiate an amount paid for a service may be liable to pay a penalty. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Funding for Certain Types of Abortion) Bill 2013

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    Date
    19 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    MADIGAN, Sen John 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    to provide that Medicare benefits are not payable for medically induced terminations carried out on the basis of gender. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010

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    Date
    10 Feb 2010 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    to allow patients to take a pathology request to an approved pathology practitioner or authority of their choice. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review) Bill 2010

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    Date
    17 Jun 2010 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    In response to recommendations of the 2007
    Review of the Professional Services Review Scheme - Report of the Steering Committee
    and issues raised by
    Daniel v Health Insurance Commission
    [2003] FCA 772, the bill amends the Health Insurance Act 1973 in relation to the administration of the Professional Services Review Scheme and the Medicare Participation Review Committee. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Health Insurance Amendment (Revival of Table Items) Bill 2009

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    Date
    28 Oct 2009 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    CORMANN, Sen Mathias
    FIELDING, Sen Steve
    XENOPHON, Sen Nick 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    to provide that if an item in the general medical services table is disallowed under the
    Legislative Instruments Act 2003
    , the corresponding item in the previous regulations is taken to apply from the time of disallowance. 

    Bill

  • Health Insurance Amendment (Safety Net) Bill 2015

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    Date
    21 Oct 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Health 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    to introduce a new medicare safety net on 1 January 2016 to replace the Extended Medicare Safety Net, the Original Medicare Safety Net and the Greatest Permissible Gap. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Transparent Patient Outcomes) Bill 2021

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    Date
    23 Nov 2021 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    GRIFF, Sen Stirling 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    to enable the minister to make rules to establish and maintain a public register of statistical information relating to surgical procedures and patient outcomes. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Health Legislation Amendment (Health Care Agreements) Bill 1998

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    Date
    12 Mar 1998 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Health and Family Services portfolio 

    Bill

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

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    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

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    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

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