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TOTAL RESULTS: 106
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- Date
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24 Jun 2009
- 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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Amends the
Health Insurance Act 1973
and National Health Act 1953
to: enable nurse practitioners and appropriately qualified and experienced midwives to request appropriate diagnostic imaging and pathology services for which Medicare benefits may be paid; and allow these health professionals to prescribe certain medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Also makes consequential amendments to the Health Insurance Act 1973
, Medical Indemnity Act 2002
, Medicare Australia Act 1973
and National Health Act 1953
.
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- Date
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28 May 2009
- 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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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.
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- Date
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13 May 2009
- 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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Establishes Health Workforce Australia as an independent statutory body to implement Council of Australian Governments (COAG) health workforce initiatives agreed to in November 2008 including funding, planning and coordinating clinical training, supporting clinical training supervision and health workforce research and planning, funding simulation training, and providing advice to Health Ministers. Also contains a regulation making power.
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- Date
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15 May 2008
- 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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Amends the
Health Care (Appropriation) Act 1998
to: extend the appropriation period from five to six years; and increase the amount appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund by $10.25 billion.
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- Date
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19 Mar 2008
- 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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Amends the
Health Insurance Act 1973
to allow specialists and consultant physicians access to the 90 Day Pay Doctor Cheque Scheme where the original claim for the Medicare benefit is submitted electronically to Medicare Australia.
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- Date
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16 Aug 2007
- 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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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.
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- Date
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29 Mar 2007
- 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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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.
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- Date
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29 Mar 2007
- 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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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.
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- Date
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01 Mar 2007
- 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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Amends the
Health Insurance Act 1973
to vary the frequency of reviews of the operation of the Medicare provider number legislation from two years to five years.
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- Date
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17 Nov 2004
- 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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Amends the
Health Insurance Act 2003
to: increase the Medicare rebate from 85 per cent to 100 per cent of the schedule fee for services provided by general practitioners; and ensure that families who are eligible for Family Tax Benefit Part A are also eligible for the lower $300 safety net threshold. Also contains an application provision.
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