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  • Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    18 Sep 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Medical Indemnity Act 2002
    to: clarify eligible related claims for the purposes of aggregation; and clarify that the High Cost Claim Scheme (HCCS) and the Exceptional Claims Scheme (ECS) are only intended to apply in respect of medical practitioners;
    Age Discrimination Act 2004
    ,
    Medical Indemnity Act 2002
    and
    Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010
    to clarify eligibility for the Run off Cover Schemes and permit access for medical practitioners and eligible midwives retiring before the age of 65;
    Medical Indemnity Act 2002
    and
    Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010
    to: clarify the intent of the medical indemnity law that payments will only be made if the claim relates to the provision of a health service; and make administrative changes to streamline and clarify the operation of the legislation;
    Medical Indemnity Act 2002
    ,
    Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003
    ,
    Medical Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Act 2004
    and
    Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010
    to restructure and consolidate medical and midwife indemnity legislative instruments; and
    Medical Indemnity Act 2002
    and
    Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003
    to: require all medical indemnity insurers to provide universal cover to medical practitioners; and create high cost claim and exceptional claims schemes for allied health professionals, and enable private sector employee midwives to access these schemes. Also: repeals the
    Medical Indemnity (Competitive Advantage Payment) Act 2005
    and
    Medical Indemnity (UMP Support Payment) Act 2002
    to remove redundant payments; and makes consequential amendments to five Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • National Health Amendment (Safety Net Thresholds) Bill 2019

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    Date
    11 Sep 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health 
    Summary
    Amends the
    National Health Act 1953
    to reduce the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Safety Net threshold amounts that apply to general and concessional patients. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Aged Care Amendment (Movement of Provisionally Allocated Places) Bill 2019

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    Date
    24 Jul 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Aged Care Act 1997
    to enable the Secretary of the Department of Health (or their delegates) to allow approved providers of residential aged care to move provisionally allocated residential aged care places from one region to another, within a state or territory. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Health Insurance Amendment (Bonded Medical Programs Reform) Bill 2019

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    Date
    04 Jul 2019 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    to introduce a statutory scheme (the Bonded Medical Program) which consolidates the existing Bonded Medical Places and Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship schemes under a single legislative framework. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2019

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    Date
    04 Jul 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health 
    Summary
    Amends the
    National Health Act 1953
    to: introduce a fee for applications by pharmacists for approval to supply Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme medicines at particular premises; and enable pharmaceutical benefits to continue temporarily to be supplied following bankruptcy or where there is an external administrator in relation to the pharmacy. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Transport Security Amendment (Testing and Training) Bill 2020

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    04 Dec 2019 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Aviation Transport Security Act 2004
    to: introduce powers for aviation security inspectors to conduct covert compliance testing of aviation industry participants' aviation security systems at all regulated locations; provide certain exemptions for aviation security inspectors from civil or criminal liability when they are covertly testing aviation industry participants' aviation security systems; and
    Aviation Transport Security Act 2004
    and
    Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
    to: require screening officers to have completed relevant training and to hold relevant qualifications prior to exercising powers or performing screening functions; allow for the making of legislative instruments to determine training, qualifications and other requirements for specified screening officers in the exercise of powers or performance of screening functions, and requirements relating to the use of identity cards and uniforms; and make technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Special Operations and Special Investigations) Bill 2019

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    28 Nov 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Australian Crime Commission Act 2002
    ,
    Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Act 2010
    and
    Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
    to confirm the validity of current and former special Australian Crime Commission (ACC) operations and special ACC investigations determinations. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2019

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    27 Nov 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2019, the bill amends the
    Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997
    to provide that a person who paid the non-commercial application charge in relation to their current period of registration, but gives immigration assistance otherwise than on a non-commercial basis, is liable to pay an adjusted charge. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2019

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    Date
    27 Nov 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2019, the bill amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: remove unrestricted legal practitioners from the regulatory scheme that governs migration agents; allow eligible restricted legal practitioners to be both registered migration agents and restricted legal practitioners for a period of up to two years; enable the time period in which a person can be considered an applicant for repeat registration as a migration agent to be specified in delegated legislation; remove the 12-month time limit within which a person must apply for registration following completion of a prescribed course; clarify that the powers under Part 3 of the Act are exercisable by the minister; enable the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA) to refuse an application to become a registered migration agent where an applicant has failed to provide information or answer questions in relation to their application; require registered migration agents to notify MARA if they have paid the non-commercial application charge for their current period of registration but give immigration assistance otherwise than on a non-commercial basis; and provide that the definitions of 'immigration assistance' and 'makes immigration representations' include assisting a person in relation to a request to the minister to exercise his or her power under the Act to revoke a character-related visa refusal or cancellation decision. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Transport Security Amendment (Serious Crime) Bill 2020

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    23 Oct 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Aviation Transport Security Act 2004
    and
    Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
    to: prevent the use of aviation and maritime transport or offshore facilities in connection with serious crime; establish a regulatory framework to implement harmonised eligibility criteria for the aviation security identification card (ASIC) and maritime security identification card (MSIC) schemes; clarify and align the legislative basis for undertaking security checking of ASIC and MSIC applicants and holders; provide for regulations to prescribe penalties for offences; and insert an additional severability provision to provide guidance to a court as to Parliament’s intention. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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