Bill
Australian Immunisation Register Bill 2015
passed, as at 2015-11-12. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-09-10
- second reading — 2015-09-10
- second reading — 2015-10-12
- second reading — 2015-10-12
- third reading — 2015-10-12
- introduced — 2015-10-13
- second reading — 2015-10-13
- second reading — 2015-10-15
- second reading — 2015-10-15
- third reading — 2015-10-15
- passed — 2015-10-15
- royal assent — 2015-11-12
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 2015-09-10.
This bill would combine existing immunisation registers into a single legislative framework.
It would authorise the collection and use of Medicare numbers and other identifiers for register purposes, and allow disclosure of personal information under certain laws.
The new Australian Immunisation Register would expand from recording vaccines for children under seven to eventually covering all ages from birth to death, starting with those under 20 from 1 January 2016.
- Creates a new legislative framework for the Australian Immunisation Register.
- Expands the existing childhood register to eventually cover all ages.
- Establishes a new Australian School Vaccination Register to capture adolescent vaccinations from 2017.
- Allows transfer of immunisation data to the Centrelink system to assess payment eligibility.
- Repeals the previous register provisions in the Health Insurance Act 1973 and the National Health Act 1953.
- Gives individuals the right to opt out of receiving correspondence or having their details disclosed.
All Australians from birth to death who receive vaccines through general practice, community clinics, or school programs, and agencies including Centrelink and Medicare.
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