Bill
My Health Records Amendment (Strengthening Privacy) Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-12-10. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-08-22
- second reading — 2018-08-22
- second reading — 2018-09-17
- second reading — 2018-09-18
- second reading — 2018-09-19
- second reading — 2018-09-19
- third reading — 2018-09-19
- introduced — 2018-09-19
- second reading — 2018-09-19
- second reading — 2018-11-14
- second reading — 2018-11-14
- committee — 2018-11-14
- committee — 2018-11-15
- third reading — 2018-11-15
- other — 2018-11-26
- passed — 2018-11-26
- royal assent — 2018-12-10
Divisions
- The majority voted against a motion introduced by Labor MP [Catherine King](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/ballarat/catherine_king), which would have amended the usual [second reading motion](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html) "that the bill be read a second time" (which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill) and replace it with the following: > *That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:* > *"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House calls on the Government to suspend the 'opt out' phase of the My Health Record rollout until other privacy and security concerns are addressed."* — 2018-09-19, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 67, noes 73
- The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-11-14.19.1) made by Senator [Helen Polley](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/helen_polley) (Tas), which means they failed. Senator Polley [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2018-11-14.19.2): > *Labor's view is that 12 months is needed to amend the legislation and to undertake and implement a Privacy Commissioner review of concerns that can't be fixed by legislation. The very open default access setting and the automatic uploading of two years of Medicare PBS data communicate these additional protections to all Australians to rebuild the trust and confidence in My Health Record. Of course, any extension is an improvement on what the government was offering this morning, but it is imperative that we get this right.* ### Motion text > *(1) Clause 3, page 2 (after line 11), at the end of the clause, add:* >> *Note: The provisions of the My Health Records (National Application) Rules2017 amended or inserted by this Act, and any other provisions of those rules, may be amended or repealed by rules made under section 109 of the My Health Records Act 2012 (see subsection 13(5) of the Legislation Act 2003).* > *(2) Schedule 1, page 9 (after line 12), at the end of the Schedule, add:* >> *My Health Records (National Application) Rules 2017* >> *18 Paragraph 6 ( 3 ) (b)* >> *Omit "4 months", substitute "16 months".* — 2018-11-14, Senate: negative, ayes 30, noes 33
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