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ISSN 1328-8091 Parliamentof Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Structure of this Digest ............................................................................................................. 3 Committee consideration ........................................................................................................................ 3 Selection of Bills ........................................................................................................................ 3 Scrutiny of Bills ......................................................................................................................... 3 Joint Committee on Human Rights ........................................................................................... 3 Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 4 Main issues and key provisions ................................................................................................................ 4 Food

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliamentof Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Capping arrangements ........................................................................................................................ 3 Main issues and relevant provisions ................................................................................................... 4 Treatment of two or more Medicare services ............................................................................... 4 Notification of family composition ................................................................................................ 5 Basis of policy commitment ................................................................................................................ 5 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 6

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 3 Financial implications.......................................................................................................................... 4 Key provisions .......................................................................................................................................... 4 BILLS DIGEST NO. 101, 2011-12 7 February 2012 Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 Dr Rhonda Jolly Social Policy Section 2

    ISSN 1328‐8091  Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BILLS DIGEST NO. 34, 2010-11  8 November 2010 Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill  2010  Amanda Biggs  Social Policy Section  Contents  Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2  Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2  Basis of policy commitment ................................................................................................................ 3  Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 4  Position of major interest groups ....................................................................................................... 4  Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 6  Key provisions .......................................................................................................................................... 6  Concluding comments ............................................................................................................................. 7      2  Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010    Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010  Date introduced:  20 October 2010  House:  House of Representatives  Portfolio:  Health and Ageing  Commencement:  The day after Royal Assent  Links: The links to the Bill, its Explanatory Memorandum and second reading speech can be found on  the Bills home page, or through http://www.aph.gov.au/bills/. When bills have been passed they can  be found at the ComLaw website, which is at http://www.comlaw.gov.au/.  Purpose  The Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010 (the Bill) proposes amendments to  the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act), that would remove the requirement that a request for a  Medicare eligible pathology service be made to a particular pathology provider. This will allow a  patient to take their pathology request to a pathology provider of their own choice.  The Bill was first introduced in February this year, but lapsed when Parliament was prorogued.1 The  text of the current Bill is unchanged from this earlier version.  Background  Under Medicare arrangements, if a medical practitioner decides that it is clinically necessary, she/he  may refer a patient to an approved provider for a diagnostic test. This referral normally takes the  form of a written request for a particular service.  The Act currently requires that in order for a Medicare benefit to be payable, a designated pathology 

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament BILLS DIGEST www.aph.gov.au/library 22 January 2010, no. 86, 2009-10, ISSN 1328-8091 Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Bill 2009 Amanda Biggs Social Policy Section Sharon Scully Law and Bills Digest Section Contents Purpose ........................................................................................................................................

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament BILLS DIGEST www.aph.gov.au/library 15 October 2009, no. 37, 2009-10, ISSN 1328-8091 Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009 Amanda Biggs Social Policy Section Sharon Scully Law and Bills Digest Section Contents Purpose . . .

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament BILLS DIGEST www.aph.gov.au/library 16 June 2009, no.159, 2008-09, ISSN 1328-8091 This Digest replaces an earlier version dated 5 June 2009, amending statements on pages 4 & 8 specifying the range of assisted reproductive technology

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library BILLS DIGEST Information analysis and advice for the Parliament 11 September 2007, no. 40 2007-08, ISSN 1328-8091 National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2007 Luke Buckmaster Social Policy Section Patrick O'Neill Law and Bills Digest Section Contents Purpose........................................................................................................................................2 Background .................................................................................................................................2 Prescribing