Bill
Health Insurance Amendment (National Rural Health Commissioner) Bill 2017
passed, as at 2017-06-26. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-02-09
- second reading — 2017-02-09
- second reading — 2017-03-20
- second reading — 2017-03-20
- committee — 2017-03-20
- third reading — 2017-03-20
- introduced — 2017-03-23
- second reading — 2017-03-23
- second reading — 2017-03-27
- second reading — 2017-06-14
- second reading — 2017-06-14
- committee — 2017-06-14
- third reading — 2017-06-14
- other — 2017-06-15
- other — 2017-06-21
- passed — 2017-06-21
- royal assent — 2017-06-26
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 2017-02-09.
The bill would create a statutory National Rural Health Commissioner to improve rural health policies and support rural practice.
The Commissioner would develop a National Rural Generalist Pathway and work with governments and the health sector to enhance training and remuneration for rural generalists.
The bill would also repeal sections 19AD and 3GC of the Health Insurance Act 1973, ending a review process and the Medical Training Review Panel.
- Establishes the National Rural Health Commissioner as a statutory office holder.
- Repeals section 19AD of the Health Insurance Act 1973, removing the requirement for five-yearly reviews of certain Medicare provider number provisions.
- Repeals section 3GC of the Health Insurance Act 1973, abolishing the Medical Training Review Panel and transferring its functions to the National Medical Training Advisory Network.
Rural, regional and remote communities, the rural health workforce, doctors, and the health sector would be affected.
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