Bill
Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2014
passed, as at 2014-07-17. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-03-26
- second reading — 2014-03-26
- second reading — 2014-06-23
- other — 2014-06-23
- second reading — 2014-06-23
- other — 2014-06-23
- third reading — 2014-06-23
- introduced — 2014-06-24
- second reading — 2014-06-24
- second reading — 2014-06-26
- second reading — 2014-06-26
- third reading — 2014-06-26
- passed — 2014-06-26
- royal assent — 2014-07-17
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2014-03-26.
The bill would raise the general threshold of the Extended Medicare Safety Net to $2,000 from 1 January 2015.
It would also let the Chief Executive of Medicare decide how to contact families to confirm their composition, instead of requiring written requests.
The government says the measure would save $105.6 million over four years and not affect families receiving Family Tax Benefits Part A or concession card holders.
- Increase the general EMSN threshold to $2,000.
- Remove the requirement that family composition confirmation requests be in writing.
- Save $105.6 million over four years.
Individuals and families eligible for the Extended Medicare Safety Net, except those receiving Family Tax Benefits Part A or holding Commonwealth concession cards.
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