Bill
Health Insurance Amendment (Continuing the Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner) Bill 2020
passed, as at 2020-06-25. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-06-12
- second reading — 2020-06-12
- second reading — 2020-06-17
- second reading — 2020-06-17
- third reading — 2020-06-17
- introduced — 2020-06-18
- second reading — 2020-06-18
- second reading — 2020-06-18
- third reading — 2020-06-18
- passed — 2020-06-18
- royal assent — 2020-06-25
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 2020-06-12.
This bill would make the Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner permanent beyond its current expiry date of 1 July 2020.
The Office would advise the Rural Health Minister and other agencies on rural health policy, undertake projects and research, and support implementation of government strategies.
The Office would be reviewed after five years to assess its effectiveness and identify improvements to its functions and operations.
- The bill continues the Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner under the Health Insurance Act.
- The bill expands the Office's functions to include providing advice, undertaking projects, conducting research, and consulting stakeholders.
- The bill allows additional functions to be conferred on the Commissioner by legislative instrument.
- The bill requires a review of the Office after five years of operation.
Rural communities, rural health professionals, the Rural Health Minister, the Department of Health, and other government agencies are affected.
Sources
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