Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 122–15 October 2015, p. 3260.

[2]        Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 13 of 2015, Appendix 5.

[3]        See: Department of Health, Healthcare Identifiers Act and Service Review, Final Report, June 2013, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/hlth-id-act-srvc-review-container (accessed 3 November 2015).

[4]        See: Department of Health, Review of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record, December 2013, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/ehealth-record (accessed 3 November 2015).

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 1.

[6]        EM, pp 1–2.

[7]        Budget 2015, 'My Health Record – a new direction for electronic health records in Australia', Budget Paper 2: Budget Measures, http://www.budget.gov.au/2015-16/content/bp2/html/bp2_expense-14.htm (accessed 3 November 2015).

[8]        The Hon. Sussan Ley MP, Minister for Health, House of Representatives Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 10528.

[9]        Department of Health, Submission 9, p. 3.

[10]      EM, p. 38.

[11]      EM, p. 39.

[12]      EM, p. 92.

[13]      EM, p. 93.

[14]      EM, p. 93

[15]      EM, p. 93.

[16]      EM, p. 72.

[17]      EM, p. 46. For a full explanation of this provisions, refer to the table in the EM at pp 47–59.

[18]      EM, p. 54 & 59.

[19]      EM, pp 61–63.

[20]      EM, p. 63.

[21]      EM, p. 39.

[22]      EM, p. 104.

[23]      EM, p. 104.

[24]      EM, p. 84.

[25]      EM, p. 69.

[26]      EM, p. 105.

[27]      EM, p. 105.

[28]      EM, p. 106.

[29]      EM, p. 106.

[30]      EM, p. 107.

[31]      EM, p. 107.

[32]      EM, p. 3.

[33]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human Rights Scrutiny Report: Twenty‑ninth report of the 44^th Parliament, 13 October 2015, pp 13–24.          

[34]      In its submission, the department noted that the Minister has since responded with this advice. The department's submission also seeks to address the issues raised by the PJCHR. See: Submission 9, p. 3.

[35]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 11 of 2015, 14 October 2015, pp 14–18.

[36]      In its submission, the department noted that the Minister has since responded with this advice. The department's submission also seeks to address the issues raised by the Scrutiny Committee. See: Submission 9, p. 3.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        See: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Submission 3; Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), Submission 7; Medicines Australia, Submission 8; Primary Health Care Limited, Submission 10.

[2]        See: Carers Australia, Submission 1; Australian Medical Association, Submission 2; National eHealth Transition Authority (NEHTA), Submission 5.

[3]        See: Australian Privacy Foundation (APF), Submission 6; OAIC, Submission 7; Ms Helen Nicols, Submission 11; Consumers eHealth Alliance, Submission 12.

[4]        Department of Health, Submission 9, p. 8.

[5]        See: Submission 5; Submission 8.

[6]        Submission 8, p. [1].

[7]        Submission 7, p. 1.

[8]        Submission 5, p. 3.

[9]        Submission 6, p. 4.

[10]      Submission 9, p. 6.

[11]      Submission 9, p. 13.

[12]      Submission 9, p. 13.

[13]      Submission 9, pp 5–6.

[14]      Submission 5, p. 2.

[15]      Submission 5, p. 2.

[16]      Submission 9, p. 5.

[17]      Submission 6, p. 10.

[18]      Submission 12, p. [2].

[19]      Submission 10, p. [1].

[20]      Submission 3, p. [1].

[21]      Submission 8, p. [1].

[22]      Submission 8, p. [2].

[23]      Submission 9, p. 4.

[24]      EM, p. 2.

[25]      The Hon Sussan Ley MP, Minister for Health, House of Representatives Hansard, 15 October 2015, p. 20.

[26]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human Rights Scrutiny Report: Twenty‑ninth report of the 44^th Parliament, 13 October 2015, pp 16–17.

[27]      Submission 12, p. [5].

[28]      EM, p. 19.

[29]      Submission 1, p. [1]. The Explanatory Memorandum suggested that an opt-out approach would benefit vulnerable families, including carers, as they 'currently face more challenges in accessing timely and appropriate healthcare and will have more to benefit from improved health outcomes'. See: EM, p. 19.

[30]      Submission 9, p. 7.

[31]      Submission 9, p. 14.

[32]      Submission 7, p. 11.

[33]      Submission 7, p. 3.

[34]      Submission 7, p. 11.

[35]      Submission 9, p. 15.

[36]      See: Submission 3, p. [1]; Submission 7, p. 3.

[37]      Submission 10, p. [2].

[38]      Submission 7, p. 6.

[39]      Submission 4, p. 1.

[40]      Submission 4, p. 2.

[41]      Submission 10, p. [2].

[42]      Submission 9, p. 6.

[43]      Submission 9, pp 14–15.

[44]      Submission 9, p. 15.

[45]      See: Submission 6; Submission 11; Submission 12.

[46]      Submission 6, p. 2.

[47]      Submission 6, pp 5–8.

[48]      Submission 11, p. [1].

[49]      Submission 6, p. 2.

[50]      Submission 5, pp 3–4.

[51]      Submission 7, p. 3.

[52]      Submission 7, p. 1.

[53]      Submission 7, p. 5.

[54]      Submission 9, p. 6.

[55]      Submission 9, pp 6–7.

[56]      Submission 9, pp 7–8.

[57]      See: Submission 10, p. [1]; Submission 6, p. 11; Submission 11, p. [2].

[58]      Submission 6, p. 11.

[59]      EM, p. 84.

[60]      Submission 11, p. [4].

[61]      See: EM, pp 71–72.

[62]      Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, 'Chapter 11: APP 11 – Security of personal information', http://www.oaic.gov.au/agencies-and-organisations/app-guidelines/chapter-11-app-11-security-of-personal-information (accessed 4 November 2015).

[63]      Submission 7, p. 10.

[64]      Submission 7, pp 10–11.

[65]      Submission 7, pp 7–8.

[66]      Submission 4, p. 3.

[67]      EM, p. 85.

[68]      Submission 12, p. 3.

[69]      Submission 3, p. [1].

[70]      EM, p. 2.

[71]      See: Department of Health, Review of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record, December 2013, p. 22, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/ehealth-record (accessed 3 November 2015).

[72]      EM, p. 89.

[73]      Submission 7, p. 9.

[74]      Submission 7, p. 9.

[75]      Submission 7, p. 9.

[76]      Submission 7, p. 10.

[77]      Submission 9, p. 17.

[78]      Submission 9, p. 17.

[79]      See: Submission 12, p. 3.

[80]      Submission 7, p. 6.

[81]      Submission 7, p. 7.

[82]      Submission 9, p. 13.

[83]      Submission 9, p. 18.

[84]      Submission 9, p. 19.

[85]      Submission 9, p. 18.

[86]      Submission 7, p. 7.

[87]      See: Department of Health, 'Privacy and the PCEHR' http://www.ehealth.gov.au/internet/ehealth/publishing.nsf/Content/ehealth-program-info-privacy (accessed 4 November 2015).

[88]      Submission 9, p. 11.

[89]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 11 of 2015, 14 October 2015, p. 16.

[90]      Submission 9, p. 20.

[91]      Scrutiny Committee, Alert Digest No. 11 of 2015, p. 18.

[92]      Submission 9, p. 21.

[93]      Submission 9, p. 21.

[94]      See: Submission 2, p. [1]; Submission 3, p. [1]; Submission 4, p. 2.

[95]      Submission 2, p. [1].

[96]      Submission 3, p. [1].

[97]      Submission 2, p. [2].

[98]      Submission 9, p. 8.

[99]      PJCHR, Human Rights Scrutiny Report: Twenty‑ninth report of the 44^th Parliament, p. 24.

[100]    Submission 9, p. 8.

[101]    See: Scrutiny Committee, Alert Digest No. 11 of 2015, p. 14; PJCHR, Human Rights Scrutiny Report: Twenty‑ninth report of the 44^th Parliament, p. 23.

[102]    EM, pp 62–63.

[103]    Submission 9, p. 9.

[104]    See: Submission 6; Submission 11; Submission 12.

[105]    Submission 12, p. [1].

[106]    Submission 9, pp 21–22.

[107]    Submission 9, p. 12.

[108]    Submission 9, p. 12.