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• Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to allow patients to take a pathology request to an approved pathology practitioner or authority of their choice. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (New Zealand Overseas Trained Doctors) Bill 2010

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  Date

  21 Oct 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to: enable certain New Zealand permanent resident and citizen doctors to provide professional services that attract Medicare benefits without being subject to a ten year waiting period (the ‘moratorium’ period); remove the requirement for overseas trained doctors to have both Australian permanent residency or citizenship and medical registration before the moratorium period commences; and provide for a 90 day period in which medical practitioners can appeal against a refusal for an exemption from the moratorium period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Safety-nets) Bill 2005

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  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to increase the extended Medicare safety net threshold from $300 to $500 for concession card holders and families in receipt of Family Tax Benefit Part A, and from $700 to $1000 for all other families and individuals, with effect from 1 January 2006. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Dental Services) Bill 2007

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  Date

  16 Aug 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to: enable eligible patients to access up to $4,250 in dental benefits over two consecutive calendar years; and introduce new dental items on the Medicare Benefits Schedule. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Inappropriate and Prohibited Practices and Other Measures) Bill 2007

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  Date

  29 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  Medicare Australia Act 1973

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to replace and strengthen existing prohibitions on inducements and payment of benefits by providers of Medicare funded pathology and diagnostic imaging services to requesters of such services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2009

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  Date

  28 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to enable the minister to determine, by legislative instrument, the maximum increase of benefit payable under the Extended Medicare Safety Net for specified Medicare Benefits Schedule items. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging, Radiation Oncology and Other Measures) Bill 2003

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  Date

  11 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  in relation to payment of Medicare benefits for diagnostic imaging services. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Bill 2010

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  Date

  25 Nov 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Act 2007

  to: broaden the Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme to require practices providing non-radiology services, or a combination of radiology and non-radiology services, to obtain accreditation; and provide transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to: establish a legislative framework to enable the introduction of an accreditation scheme for practices providing diagnostic imaging services covered by the Radiology Quality and Outlays Memorandum of Understanding; and allow for the extension of accreditation schemes to other diagnostic imaging services in the future. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2011

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  Date

  17 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to: enable the Chief Executive Officer of Medicare Australia to require certain documents to be produced by a medical practitioner during a compliance audit; and provide that a practitioner unable to substantiate an amount paid for a service may be liable to pay a penalty. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum