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2008-2009

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

THE SENATE

Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2009

(Amendment to be moved by Senator Siewert on behalf of the Australian Greens in committee of the whole)

(1)     Schedule 1, page 4 (after line 31), after item 3, insert:

3A  After section 10A

Insert:

10C  Evaluation of the caps measures

             (1)  The Minister must cause an independent evaluation to be conducted of the impact and operation of determinations made by the Minister under section 10B.

             (2)  The evaluation must start not later than 1 April 2011.

             (3)  The Minister must cause a written report of the evaluation to be prepared.

             (4)  The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of the Parliament by 1 July 2011.

[evaluation of scheduling regime]