Medical Indemnity Amendment Bill 2004 – Parliament of Australia

Type: Government
Portfolio: Health and Ageing
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 40
Summary: Introduced with the Medical Indemnity (IBNR Indemnity) Contribution Amendment Bill 2004, the bill amends the:
Medical Indemnity Act 2002
  to: replace the Incurred But Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Contribution with the United Medical Protection (UMP) support payment; implement the Premium Support Scheme in place of the Medical Indemnity Subsidy Scheme; and clarify the definition of health care related vocation; and
Health Insurance Act 1973
,
Health Insurance Commission Act 1973
,
Medical Indemnity Act 2002
  and
National Health Act 1953
  to make consequential amendments renaming the IBNR contribution as the UMP support payment.

Progress

House of Representatives
19 Feb 2004	Introduced and read a first time
19 Feb 2004	Second reading moved
02 Mar 2004	Second reading agreed to
02 Mar 2004	Third reading agreed to

Senate
03 Mar 2004	Introduced and read a first time
03 Mar 2004	Second reading moved
09 Mar 2004	Second reading agreed to
09 Mar 2004	Third reading agreed to

23 Mar 2004

Assent

Act no.: 17

Year: 2004

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory Memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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Committee Information

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Text of bill

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Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
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Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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