Second Reading Speeches

Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges Amendment (Norfolk Island) Bill 2015

Type
Government
Portfolio
Infrastructure
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Part of a package of eight bills to reform the legal and governance framework for Norfolk Island, the bill amends the

Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges Act 1995
to ensure that Medicare benefits, nursing home benefits or residential care subsidies are recoverable from persons on Norfolk Island who receive compensation or damages through a judgment or settlement.

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