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2013-2014
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Health and Other Services
(Compensation) Care Charges
(Amendment) Bill 2014
No. , 2014
(Social Services)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Health and Other
Services (Compensation) Care Charges Act 1995,
and for related purposes
No. , 2014
Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges
(Amendment) Bill 2014
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges Act 1995
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No. , 2014
Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges
(Amendment) Bill 2014
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Health and Other
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Services (Compensation) Care Charges Act 1995,
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and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Health and Other Services
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(Compensation) Care Charges (Amendment) Act 2014.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges
(Amendment) Bill 2014
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
1 July 2015.
1 July 2015
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments Schedule 1
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Schedule 1
--Amendments
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Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges
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Act 1995
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1 Section 7 (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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7 Charge on compensation in respect of reimbursements for nursing
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home care, residential care or home care
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2 Paragraph 7(1)(b)
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Omit "or residential", substitute ", residential care or home".
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3 Paragraph 7(2)(a)
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Omit "or residential", substitute ", residential care or home".
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4 Paragraph 7(2)(aa)
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Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
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(aa) nursing home benefit, residential care subsidy or home care
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subsidy has been paid in respect of the nursing home care,
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residential care or home care; and
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5 Paragraph 7(2)(b)
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Omit "or residential", substitute ", residential care or home".
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6 Subsection 7(2)
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Omit "the nursing home benefit or residential care" (wherever
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occurring), substitute "the nursing home benefit, residential care
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subsidy or home care".
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7 Section 8 (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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Schedule 1 Amendments
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Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges
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8 Charge on compensation in respect of past payments of nursing
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home benefit, residential care subsidy or home care
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subsidy
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8 Paragraph 8(1)(b)
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Omit "or residential", substitute ", residential care or home".
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9 Paragraph 8(1)(ba)
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Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
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(ba) nursing home benefit, residential care subsidy or home care
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subsidy has already been paid in respect of that nursing home
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care, residential care or home care; and
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10 Paragraph 8(1)(c)
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Omit "or residential care", substitute ", residential care subsidy or home
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care".
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11 Subsection 8(1)
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Omit "the nursing home benefit or residential care", substitute "the
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nursing home benefit, residential care subsidy or home care".
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12 Paragraph 8(3)(a)
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Omit "or residential care", substitute ", residential care expenses or
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home care".
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13 Application of amendments
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(1)
The amendments made by items 1 to 6 of this Schedule apply in relation
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to a reimbursement arrangement made in respect of an injury to a
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compensable person if:
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(a) the arrangement is made on or after the day on which this
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Schedule commences; and
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(b) the person is entitled, under the arrangement, to
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compensation by way of reimbursement of expenses incurred
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in respect of home care provided to the person in the course
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of treatment of, or as a result of, the injury.
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Amendments Schedule 1
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(2)
The amendments made by items 7 to 12 of this Schedule apply in
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relation to a judgment or settlement made in respect of an injury to a
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compensable person if:
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(a) the judgment or settlement is made on or after the day on
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which this Schedule commences; and
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(b) home care is provided to that person in the course of
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treatment of, or as a result of, the injury; and
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(c) home care subsidy is paid in respect of that home care.
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(3)
For the purposes of subitems (1) and (2), it does not matter:
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(a) when the injury occurred; or
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(b) when a particular payment of home care subsidy is made.
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