Bill
National Health Amendment (Decisions under the Continence Aids Payment Scheme) Bill 2021
passed, as at 2021-09-10. Health and Aged Care portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health and Aged Care
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-06-16
- second reading — 2021-06-16
- second reading — 2021-08-05
- second reading — 2021-08-05
- third reading — 2021-08-05
- introduced — 2021-08-05
- second reading — 2021-09-01
- second reading — 2021-09-01
- second reading — 2021-09-01
- third reading — 2021-09-01
- passed — 2021-09-01
- royal assent — 2021-09-10
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 2021-06-16.
This bill would give the Administrative Appeals Tribunal power to review certain decisions made under the Continence Aids Payment Scheme.
The Minister could make a legislative rule that allows the Tribunal to review decisions of the Secretary about representation of a person receiving scheme payments.
The bill does not change the eligibility criteria or payment amounts under the scheme, which already provides annual or six-monthly payments to people aged five and over with severe incontinence.
- The bill amends the National Health Act 1953 to clarify that a legislative instrument can allow AAT review of decisions not already covered by sections 14 and 15.
- The bill provides express statutory support for the existing Continence Aids Payment Scheme, which was previously set out only in a legislative instrument.
- The bill extends AAT review to decisions made by the Secretary about representation of a participant by another individual or organisation.
People aged five and over with permanent and severe incontinence who receive payments under the Continence Aids Payment Scheme, and organisations or individuals who represent them.
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