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TOTAL RESULTS: 163
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24 Jun 2009
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
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Amends the
National Health Security Act 2007
to: enable the minister to suspend certain existing regulatory requirements and specify new conditions to ensure adequate controls are maintained in the event of a security sensitive biological agent (SSBA) outbreak; establish controls relating to the handling of biological agents suspected of being SSBAs; provide for additional search and seizure powers; require registered entities to report certain existing reportable events to state or territory police; require registered entities to lodge nil annual and biannual reports; enable the secretary to cancel registration of an entity no longer handling SSBAs; and amend the definition of ‘biological agent’.
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12 May 2009
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
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Amends the
National Health Act 1953
to enable regulations to be made for the cost recovery of services provided by the Commonwealth in relation to the exercise of powers for listing medicines, vaccines and other products or services on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and designation of vaccines for the National Immunisation Program.
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29 May 2008
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the
National Health Act 1953
to enable regulations to be made for the cost recovery of services provided by the Commonwealth in relation to the exercise of powers for listing medicines, vaccines and other products or services on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and designation of vaccines for the National Immunisation Program.
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29 May 2008
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the
National Health Act 1953
to: expand the criteria for determining that brands of pharmaceutical items are co-marketed; provide access to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for government officers (and accompanying spouses and dependants) working overseas; enable married or de facto couples living apart permanently due to illness or infirmity to use the PBS safety net jointly; and make minor technical amendments.
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13 Sep 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
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The bill: enables the exchange of public health surveillance information in relation to public health events of national significance; enables the sharing of information with the World Health Organization and countries affected by any event relating to public health or an overseas mass casualty; gives effect to the International Health Regulations 2005; and establishes a scheme for the national registration and regulation of entities handling security-sensitive biological agents.
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15 Aug 2007
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Senate
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Health and Ageing
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Amends the
Health Insurance Act 1973
and National Health Act 1953
to allow authorised optometrists to prescribe certain ophthalmic (eye) medicines for supply under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Also amends the National Health Act 1953
to clarify the supply of pharmaceutical benefits ‘at or from’ approved premises.
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20 Jun 2007
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
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Amends the
National Health Act 1953
to establish a National Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Program Register to facilitate the implementation of the National HPV Program.
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12 Aug 2004
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the
National Health Act 1953
to require health funds to provide contributors a “no gap” and “gap permitted” range of prostheses in relation to every in-hospital procedure for which a Medicare benefit is payable.
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26 Mar 2003
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
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Part of a package of five bills in relation to private health insurance industry levies, the bill amends the
National Health Act 1953
to make changes consequential to the reimposition of the four private health insurance industry levies, including repealing the existing provisions imposing the levies. Also contains a saving provision.
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11 Dec 2002
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
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Establishes the National Blood Authority to manage and coordinate Australia’s blood supply in accordance with the National Blood Agreement agreed by the Commonwealth, States and Territories. Also provides for corporate plans, reporting requirements and a regulation-making power.
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