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  • Date
    27 May 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of five bills to create a regime for the prudential regulation of private health insurers, the bill amends: the
    Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998
    to establish a new special account to administer the collapsed insurer levy; the
    Financial Institutions Supervisory Levies Collection Act 1998
    to provide for the collection of the private health insurer supervisory levy and the collapsed insurer levy; the
    Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001
    to provide for the collection of data from private health insurers by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA); the
    Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998
    ,
    Ombudsman Act 1976
    and
    Private Health Insurance Act 2007
    to provide for matters relating to the secrecy and sharing of information concerning private health insurers; and five Acts to make consequential amendments. Also: repeals the
    Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Act 2003
    ; and provides for transitional arrangements, including the transfer of the Private Health Insurance Administration Council’s staff, assets, liabilities and records to APRA. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    07 Dec 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Part of a package of seven bills to reform the private health insurance sector, the bill imposes listing and application fees on prostheses sponsors to recover the cost of evaluation and listing prostheses for private health insurance purposes. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    01 Dec 2022 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Aged Care 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Medical Device and Human Tissue Product List and Cost Recovery) Bill 2022 and Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022, the bill amends the
    Private Health Insurance (Prostheses Application and Listing Fees) Act 2007
    to: amend the long title of the Act; provide for a cost recovery levy on each kind of medical device and human tissue product on the Prescribed List of Benefits for Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products; allow regulations and rules to provide for matters in relation to the levy; and rename the legislative instrument for medical devices and human tissue products that may be made under the Act. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    28 May 2009 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    The bill: imposes a levy on joint replacement prostheses sponsors to provide funding for the National Joint Replacement Registry; and enables the minister to make Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Rules by legislative instrument. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    04 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Assent 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Act 2009
    to provide that the person responsible for payment of the National Joint Replacement Register levy is the person defined in the
    Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products) Rules

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    27 May 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Act 2009
    to: enable the National Joint Replacement Register (NJRR) levy to be imposed on the recording on the NJRR of the provision of a joint replacement prosthesis, rather than for being a sponsor of a joint replacement prosthesis; set a cap of $5000 on the amount of NJRR levy payable for a financial year by a sponsor; and make technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    01 Dec 2022 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Aged Care 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Medical Device and Human Tissue Product List and Cost Recovery) Bill 2022 and Private Health Insurance (Prostheses Application and Listing Fees) Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2022, the bill amends the
    Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Act 2009
    to: update references to the renamed Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products) Rules; and amend an incorrect reference to a ministerial determination. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    26 Mar 2003 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Part of a package of five bills in relation to private health insurance industry levies, the bill reimposes the Private Health Insurance Administration Council administration levy on registered health benefits organisations and validates the previous imposition of the levy. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    07 Dec 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Part of a package of seven bills to reform the private health insurance sector, the bill amends the
    Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Act 2003
    to update definitions and other terminology as a consequence of the proposed
    Private Health Insurance Act 2007

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    26 Mar 2003 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Part of a package of five bills in relation to private health insurance industry levies, the bill reimposes the collapsed organization levy on registered health benefits organisations and validates the previous imposition of the levy. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum