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- Date
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03 Jun 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the:
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
and Age Discrimination Act 2004
to allow insurers to permanently offer extended family policies to cover ‘dependent child non-students’; and Private Health Insurance Act 2007
to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the National Joint Replacement Register.
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- Date
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28 May 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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15 May 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the:
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
, Corporations Act 2001
, Insurance Act 1973
and Insurance Contracts Act 1984
to remove the 1 July 2008 requirement for health-related business conducted through health benefits funds to be subject to dual regulation by the Private Health Insurance Administration Council and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority; and Private Health Insurance Act 2007
to: enable restricted access insurers to specify their eligibility requirements in constitutions or operational rules; require all private health insurers to be companies under the Corporations Act by January 2010; clarify that discounted corporate products offered by private health insurers are not a breach of community rating; and provide that a pilot project conducted as specified in the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules does not breach community rating.
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- Date
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07 Dec 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Part of a package of seven bills to reform the private health insurance sector, the bill amends the
Private Health Insurance (Collapsed Organization Levy) Act 2003
to update definitions as a consequence of the proposed Private Health Insurance Act 2007
; and repeals the existing levy and imposes a new levy.
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- Date
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07 Dec 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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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
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- Date
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07 Dec 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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07 Dec 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Part of a package of seven bills to reform the private health insurance sector, the bill amends the
Private Health Insurance (Reinsurance Trust Fund Levy) Act 2003
to update definitions as a consequence of the proposed Private Health Insurance Act 2007
; and repeals the existing levy and imposes a new levy.
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- Date
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07 Dec 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Part of a package of seven bills to reform the private health insurance sector, the bill: provides for the transition to the new regulatory framework; makes consequential amendments to 23 Acts, including changes to the income tax law in relation to income tax offsets; repeals redundant provisions in the
National Health Act 1953
, Health Insurance Act 1973
and Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973
; and repeals the Private Health Insurance (ACAC Review Levy) Act 2003
and Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1998
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- Date
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07 Dec 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Part of a package of seven bills to reform the private health insurance sector, the bill replaces the current regulatory framework with a new regulatory framework which includes measures such as: the introduction of Broader Health Cover which will cover out of hospital services which substitute for, or avert, hospital care; premiums reduction and incentive payments schemes; standard product information; conversion to for-profit status; restructures, mergers and acquisitions of health funds; a comparative website for consumers; changes to Lifetime Health Cover for those with 10 years’ continuous cover; and provides for the Office of Private Health Insurance Ombudsman.
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- Date
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07 Dec 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Part of a package of seven bills to reform the private health insurance sector, the bill amends the
Private Health Insurance Complaints Levy Act 1995
to update definitions as a consequence of the proposed Private Health Insurance Act 2007
; and repeals the existing levy and imposes a new levy.
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