2010-2011-2012-2013 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Health Reform Amendment 

(Definitions) Bill 2013 

 

No.      , 2013 

 

(Health and Ageing) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the National Health 

Reform Act 2011, and for related purposes 

   

   

 

 

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Contents 

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Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

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Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

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Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 1

 

Schedule 1--Amendments

 

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National Health Reform Act 2011

 

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A Bill for an Act to amend the National Health 

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Reform Act 2011, and for related purposes 

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The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

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1  Short title 

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  This Act may be cited as the National Health Reform Amendment 

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(Definitions) Act 2013. 

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2  Commencement 

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  This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal 

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Assent. 

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3  Schedule(s) 

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  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 

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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Amendments  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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Schedule 1

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Amendments 

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National Health Reform Act 2011 

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1  Section 5 (definitions of local hospital network) 

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Repeal the definitions, substitute: 

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local hospital network means an organisation that is a local 

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hospital network (however described) for the purposes of the 

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National Health Reform Agreement. 

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2  Section 5 (definition of primary health care organisation) 

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Repeal the definition, substitute: 

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primary health care organisation means a body or organisation 

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prescribed in an instrument under subsection 5A(1). 

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3  Section 5 (definition of private hospital) 

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Repeal the definition, substitute: 

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private hospital means: 

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(a)  a hospital within the meaning of subsection 121-5(5) of the 

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Private Health Insurance Act 2007, where the statement 

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under subsection 121-5(8) of that Act is that the hospital is a 

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private hospital; or 

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(b)  a body or organisation prescribed in an instrument under 

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subsection 5A(2). 

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4  Section 5 (definition of public hospital) 

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Repeal the definition, substitute: 

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public hospital means: 

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(a)  a body or organisation to which a provision (including a 

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definition) of a law of a State, the Australian Capital 

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Territory or the Northern Territory applies, being a provision 

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prescribed in an instrument under subsection 5A(3); or 

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(b)  a body or organisation prescribed in an instrument under 

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subsection 5A(5); or 

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(c)  in relation to a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the 

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Northern Territory in respect of which neither paragraph (a) 

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nor (b) applies--a public hospital (within the ordinary 

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meaning of that expression). 

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5  After section 5 

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Insert: 

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5A  Legislative instruments for definitions of primary health care 

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organisation, private hospital and public hospital 

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Primary health care organisation 

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(1)  The Minister may, by legislative instrument, prescribe bodies or 

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organisations for the purposes of the definition of primary health 

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care organisation in section 5. 

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Private hospital 

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(2)  The Minister may, by legislative instrument, prescribe bodies or 

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organisations for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of 

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private hospital in section 5. 

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 Public hospital 

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(3)  The Minister may, by legislative instrument, prescribe a provision 

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(including a definition) of a law of a State, the Australian Capital 

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Territory or the Northern Territory for the purposes of 

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paragraph (a) of the definition of public hospital in section 5. 

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(4)  However, before prescribing in an instrument under subsection (3) 

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a provision (including a definition) of a law of a State, the 

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Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory, the Minister 

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must consult the State/Territory Health Minister of the State or 

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Territory. 

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(5)  The Minister may, by legislative instrument, prescribe bodies or 

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organisations for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of 

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public hospital in section 5. 

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(6)  However, the Minister must not prescribe in an instrument under 

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subsection (5) a body or organisation located in a State, the 

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Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory without the 

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written agreement of the State/Territory Health Minister of the 

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State or Territory. 

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6  Subsection 62(1) 

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Omit "entities or facilities". 

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7  Subsection 62(6) (heading) 

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Omit "entity or facility", substitute "network or hospital". 

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