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Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Bill 2009

Type	Government
Originating house	House of Representatives
Status	Not Proceeding
Portfolio	Treasury

Summary

Part of a package of three bills to effect three private health insurance tiers, the bill amends the A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge--Fringe Benefits) Act 1999 to increase the rate of Medicare levy surcharge for taxpayers who do not have complying health insurance and whose income (including reportable fringe benefits) for surcharge purposes is above the relevant Medicare levy surcharge threshold.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	27/05/09
Second reading moved	27/05/09
Second reading debate	01/06/09
Second reading debate	02/06/09
Second reading agreed to	02/06/09
Third reading agreed to	02/06/09

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	15/06/09
Second reading moved	15/06/09
Second reading debate	18/08/09
Second reading debate	09/09/09
Second reading negatived	09/09/09