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• National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  to implement the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Access and Sustainability package by: applying a one-off five per cent statutory price reduction for single brand medicines; changing price disclosure arrangements for multiple-brand medicines; applying flow-on price disclosure reductions from component drugs to multiple-brand combination medicines; changing membership arrangements for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee; enabling approved pharmacists to discount patient co-payments by a maximum of $1 for each PBS supply on a prescription; extending safety net early supply rules; and extending the pharmacy location rules and the role of the Australian Community Pharmacy Authority to 30 June 2020. Also makes technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

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

  A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Act 1999

  to make amendments consequential on the repeal of the Medicare levy exemptions that currently apply to residents. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure 

  Summary

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

  Norfolk Island Act 1979

  and 28 Acts to provide interim measures to implement the reform, including abolishing the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly and Executive Council, and establishing an Advisory Council as an interim consultative body; the

  Norfolk Island Act 1979

  and 115 Acts to provide for final governance arrangements, including: the application of New South Wales (NSW) state law to Norfolk Island as Commonwealth law and to allow the Commonwealth to enter into arrangements with the NSW Government for the delivery of state level services; and extending certain mainland social security, immigration and health arrangements to Norfolk Island; and

  Census and Statistics Act 1905

  to align the power to collect statistics in the external territories with the power to collect statistics in the rest of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Feb 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

  to: insert or clarify definitions for ministerial council, registered training organisation, registration code, quality standards and vocational education and training (VET) information; extend the operation of penalty provisions to trading corporations; prohibit a person from advertising or offering VET courses without including the name and registration code of the responsible registered training organisation; extend to 7 years the period of registration able to be granted by the National VET Regulator (NVR); provide that the minister may make quality standards; provide that it is a condition of registration that an NVR registered training organisation must satisfy the quality standards; specify to whom, and for what purpose, the regulator may disclose VET information; streamline the processes required for the issuing of a written direction by the regulator; and clarify that a person employed in a court of a state or territory may issue a search warrant if authorised to do so. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  in relation to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme by: increasing the concessional patient co-payment by 80 cents from 1 January 2015; increasing the general patient co-payment by $5.00 from 1 January 2015; increasing the concessional safety net threshold by two prescriptions each year for four years, from 2015 to 2018; and increasing the general patient safety net threshold by 10 per cent each year for four years, from 2015 to 2018. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Health Amendment (Simplified Price Disclosure) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Implements the simplified price disclosure measure by amending the

  National Health Act 1953

  to: provide that 1 April or 1 October are price disclosure reduction days; and ensure that the existing Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) price for a medicine is not reduced by a price disclosure reduction unless the weighted average market price is at least 10 per cent less than the PBS price on the day the 10 per cent test is applied. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Disability Insurance Scheme Legislation Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 13 bills in relation to funding for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (DisabilityCare Australia), the bill amends the:

  National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013

  in relation to: rule-making powers; general matters including definitions; privacy; actuarial, audit and risk management activities; and compensation;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  to establish the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Division of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal;

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  to provide exemptions for actions and decisions made in compliance with the NDIS Act;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to ensure that amounts paid under the NDIS are not taken into account under the social security or veterans’ entitlements income and assets tests; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: ensure that payments and benefits provided under the NDIS are exempt from income tax; and ensure that a double tax benefit is not obtained. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Health Reform Amendment (Definitions) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Reform Act 2011

  to: amend the definitions of ‘local hospital network’, ‘primary health care organisation’, ‘private hospital’ and ‘public hospital’ to enable the National Health Performance Authority to undertake its performance reporting role; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Measurement Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry and Innovation 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Measurement Act 1960

  in relation to: the powers of trade measurement inspectors to issue a notice to remedy, to investigate potential breaches in public areas of business premises and to give directions to controllers of business vehicles; offences relating to the use and repair of measuring instruments; the extent to which the definition of ‘use for trade’ applies to the determination of fuel tax credits; and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• News Media (Self-regulation) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of six bills in relation to the media sector, the bill amends the

  Privacy Act 1988

  to provide that a news media organisation must be a member of the news media self-regulation body to qualify for the journalism exemption which relates to the obtaining, keeping and disclosing of personal information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum