National Health Amendment (Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement Initiatives) Bill 2012

Type: Government
Portfolio: Health and Ageing
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 43
Summary: Amends the
National Health Act 1953
to: enable pharmacists to use a standardised medication chart when supplying and claiming medicines for persons in residential care services; enable pharmacists to supply a pharmaceutical benefit to a patient who is unable to present a valid prescription; and enable the minister to make determinations about the conditions that apply to the provision of maximum quantities or repeats of certain medicines.

Progress

House of Representatives
23 Nov 2011	Introduced and read a first time
23 Nov 2011	Second reading moved
08 Feb 2012	Second reading debate
16 Feb 2012	Second reading debate
16 Feb 2012	Second reading agreed to
16 Feb 2012	Consideration in detail debate Amendment details: 1 Opposition agreed to
16 Feb 2012	Third reading agreed to

Senate
27 Feb 2012	Introduced and read a first time
27 Feb 2012	Second reading moved
01 Mar 2012	Second reading debate
01 Mar 2012	Second reading agreed to
01 Mar 2012	Third reading agreed to

01 Mar 2012	Text of bill as passed both Houses
20 Mar 2012	Assent Act no.: 8 Year: 2012

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading
Third reading
As passed by both houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum
Revised explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

House of Representatives
Non-Government DUTTON, Peter, MP

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Committee Information

No documents at present

Bills Digest

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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.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

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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