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REVISED

2010-2011

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

THE SENATE

 

 

 

 

 

National Health Reform Amendment (Independent Hospital Pricing Authority) Bill 2011

 

(Amendment to be moved by Senator Xenophon in committee of the whole)

( 1 )     Schedule  1 , item  21 , page 47 (lines 1 to 8) , omit section  211 , substitute:

211  Conditions to be met before public reporting

             (1)  The Pricing Authority must not report publicly (whether on the internet or otherwise) unless:

                     (a)  if the report has been given to the Minister and each State/Territory Health Minister—a period of 30 days has elapsed since the report was so given; or

                     (b)  if the report has not been given to the Minister and each State/Territory Health Minister—a period of 3 months has elapsed since the report was completed.

             (2)  If:

                     (a)  a report is given to the Minister under paragraph (1)(a); and

                     (b)  the report contains one or more recommendations; and

                     (c)  the Minister does not agree to adopt one or more of the recommendations;

the Minister must publish on the internet his or her reasons for not adopting the recommendation or recommendations.

             (3)  Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a report under section 212.

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