Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012

Type: Government
Portfolio: Health and Ageing
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 43
Summary: Introduced with the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Bill 2011, the bill amends the:
Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010
  to enable the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records system and certain other entities to take up and use healthcare identifiers; and
Health Insurance Act 1973
  and
National Health Act 1953
  to enable Medical Benefits Scheme, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, organ donor and childhood immunisation information to be included in a consumer’s eHealth record if the consumer chooses to have that information included.

Progress

House of Representatives
23 Nov 2011	Introduced and read a first time
23 Nov 2011	Second reading moved
16 Feb 2012	Second reading debate
28 Feb 2012	Second reading debate
29 Feb 2012	Second reading debate
29 Feb 2012	Second reading agreed to
29 Feb 2012	Third reading agreed to

Senate
29 Feb 2012	Introduced and read a first time
29 Feb 2012	Second reading moved
19 Jun 2012	Second reading debate
19 Jun 2012	Second reading agreed to
19 Jun 2012	Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 17 Government agreed to
19 Jun 2012	Third reading agreed to

House of Representatives
20 Jun 2012	Message from Senate reported
21 Jun 2012	Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to Senate amendments

21 Jun 2012	Text of bill as passed both Houses
26 Jun 2012	Assent Act no.: 64 Year: 2012

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading
As passed by both houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum
Supplementary explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

Senate
Government [sheet ZA290]

Schedules of amendments

Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

Committee Information

No documents at present

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (25/11/2011): Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Committee report (19/03/2012)

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Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
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

Circulated by members and senators when they propose to make changed to the bill. For details about the outcome of proposed amendments please refer to either the Votes and Proceedings (House of Representatives) or the Journals (Senate).

Schedules of amendments

Schedules of amendments list amendments agreed to by the second house are communicated to the first house for consideration. Subsequent action by either house may also be included in a schedule.

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