Bill
Health Insurance Amendment (Prescribed Fees) Bill 2021
passed, as at 2021-05-27. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-02-17
- second reading — 2021-02-17
- second reading — 2021-05-12
- second reading — 2021-05-12
- third reading — 2021-05-12
- introduced — 2021-05-12
- second reading — 2021-05-12
- second reading — 2021-05-13
- third reading — 2021-05-13
- passed — 2021-05-13
- royal assent — 2021-05-27
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2021-02-17.
The bill would remove the $30 fee that specialists and consultant physicians must pay to be recognised for Medicare purposes.
It would end the requirement for medical practitioners to send a cheque or money order with their application to Services Australia for higher Medicare rebates.
The change would take effect from a date to be set by proclamation or six months after royal assent, whichever comes first.
- Removes the $30 prescribed fee for recognition of specialists and consultant physicians.
- Eliminates the need to pay by cheque or money order for Medicare recognition applications.
- Reduces administrative burden on Services Australia by no longer processing the fee.
Specialists, consultant physicians, and Services Australia.
Sources
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