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National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2014

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

Summary

Amends the National Health Act 1953 in relation to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme by: increasing the concessional patient co-payment by 80 cents from 1 January 2015; increasing the general patient co-payment by $5.00 from 1 January 2015; increasing the concessional safety net threshold by two prescriptions each year for four years, from 2015 to 2018; and increasing the general patient safety net threshold by 10 per cent each year for four years, from 2015 to 2018.

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	18/06/14
Second reading moved	18/06/14
Second reading debate	15/07/14
Second reading debate	16/07/14
Second reading agreed to	16/07/14
Consideration in detail debate	16/07/14
Third reading agreed to	16/07/14

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	17/07/14
Second reading moved	17/07/14
Lapsed at prorogation	17/04/16