A bill is a proposal for a law or a change to an existing law. A bill becomes law (an Act) when agreed to in identical form by both houses of Parliament and assented to by the Governor-General.
Bills introduced to Parliament are scrutinised to make sure they meet certain standards and to consider whether they should be referred to a committee for further investigation. This can include feedback from stakeholders and the general public, and a report recommending potential improvements to the bill.
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14 Sep 2005
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the
National Health Act 1953
to: extend, until 30 June 2006, the existing arrangements for approving pharmacists to supply medicines subsidised under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; clarify that dependants of contributors to a health benefits fund with appropriate cover, as well as the contributors, are covered by the fund; Health Insurance Act 1973
to: clarify the scope of the power to make Medicare Tables; and enable the Minister to make legislative instruments determining that Medicare benefits are not payable for professional services in specified circumstances; and Medical Indemnity Act 2002
to replace references to the Health Insurance Commission with references to the Chief Executive Officer of Medicare Australia.
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13 Sep 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Health and Ageing
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Amends the:
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
to correct a broad offence provision relating to ‘complying health insurance policy’; and the National Health Act 1953
in relation to pharmacists substituting items under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Also makes consequential amendments as a result of the new regulatory framework imposed by the Private Health Insurance Act 2007
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24 Feb 2010
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
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Amends the
Crimes Act 1914
and Health Insurance Act 1973
to: make amendments consequential on the implementation of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for the Health Professions; and provide for transitional arrangements.
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15 May 2014
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health
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The bill: repeals the
Health Workforce Australia Act 2009
to abolish Health Workforce Australia; and provides for transitional arrangements, including the transfer of assets, liabilities, interests in land, records and instruments to the Commonwealth, and the transfer of functions and programs to the Department of Health.
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13 May 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
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Establishes Health Workforce Australia as an independent statutory body to implement Council of Australian Governments (COAG) health workforce initiatives agreed to in November 2008 including funding, planning and coordinating clinical training, supporting clinical training supervision and health workforce research and planning, funding simulation training, and providing advice to Health Ministers. Also contains a regulation making power.
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10 Feb 2010
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
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Introduced with the Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010, the bill amends the
Health Insurance Act 1973
to authorise the Chief Executive Officer of Medicare to delegate functions to support the Healthcare Identifiers Service (HIS); and Privacy Act 1988
to: provide that the HIS comes under the jurisdiction of the Privacy Commissioner; and make amendments consequential on the Personal Property Securities (Consequential Amendments) Act 2009
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10 Feb 2010
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
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Introduced with the Healthcare Identifiers (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010, the bill establishes the national e-health Healthcare Identifiers Service to provide that patients, healthcare providers and provider organisations can be consistently identified.
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30 Nov 2023
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Help to Buy Bill 2023, the bill amends the
Housing Australia Act 2018
to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Help to Buy Scheme.
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09 Oct 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Amends the
Housing Australia Act 2018
to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Help to Buy Scheme
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30 Nov 2023
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill 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.
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