Bill
Dental Benefits Amendment Bill 2016
lapsed, as at 2016-05-09. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-05-05
- second reading — 2016-05-05
- other — 2016-05-09
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 2016-05-05.
This bill would replace the existing Child Dental Benefits Schedule with a new Child and Adult Public Dental Scheme.
The Commonwealth would provide capped funding to the states through a National Partnership Agreement, with the states covering the remaining costs and managing service delivery.
The scheme would run from 1 July 2016 for five years, with a review after four years, and aims to treat an extra 600,000 patients each year.
- Establishes a Child and Adult Public Dental Scheme to replace the Child Dental Benefits Schedule.
- Creates a National Partnership Agreement for Commonwealth funding to states for public dental services.
- Sets the Commonwealth contribution at 40 per cent of the efficient price of dental services.
- Requires a review of the scheme after the fourth year to inform the next agreement.
- Expands eligibility to all children and adults on concession cards.
Public dental patients, including children and adults on concession cards, and the states that provide public dental services.
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