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Health Legislation Amendment (Removal of Requirement for a Collaborative Arrangement) Bill 2024
passed, as at 2024-05-31. Health and Aged Care portfolio.
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- The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2024-05-16.254.3) moved by NSW Senator [David Shoebridge](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/david_shoebridge) (NSW), which means it failed. ### Amendment text > *That the House of Representatives be requested to make the following amendments:* > > *(1) Clause 1, page 1 (line 6), after "Arrangement", insert "and Other Measures".* > > *(2) Clause 2, page 2 (at the end of the table), add:* > >> *3. Schedule 2* >> >> *The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.* > > *(3) Schedule 1, heading, page 3 (line 1), omit "Amendments", substitute "Removal of Requirement for a Collaborative Arrangement".* > > *(4) Page 3 (after line 29), at the end of the Bill, add:* > >> *Schedule 2 — Medicare benefits for services rendered to prisoners* >> >> *Health Insurance Act 1973* >> >> *1 Subsection 8(1A)* >> >>> *Insert:* >>> >>>> *in gaol: see subsection (1B).* >> >> *2 After subsection 8(1A)* >> >>> *Insert:* >>> >>>> *(1B) For the purposes of this Part, a person is in gaol if:* >>>> >>>>> *(a) the person is being lawfully detained (in prison or elsewhere) while under sentence for conviction of an offence and not on release on parole or licence; or* >>>>> >>>>> *(b) the person is undergoing a period of custody pending trial or sentencing for an offence.* >> >> *3 After subsection 19(2)* >> >>> *Insert:* >>> >>>> *(2A) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to a professional service that has been rendered to a person if the person was in gaol at the time the service was rendered.* > *Statement pursuant to the order of the Senate of 26 June 2000* > > *Amendment (4)* > >> *Amendment (4) amends the Health Insurance Act 1973 to provide for Medicare benefits to be payable in respect of professional services rendered to persons in gaol. It is framed as a request because its effect will be to increase the scope of professional services in respect of which Medicare benefits are payable, — 2024-05-16, Senate: negative, ayes 11, noes 35
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