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.