2010-2011-2012-2013 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

THE SENATE 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare 

Funding for Certain Types of Abortion) 

Bill 2013 

 

No.      , 2013 

 

(Senator Madigan) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Health Insurance Act 

1973, and for related purposes 

   

   

 

 

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Contents 

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Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

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Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

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Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2

 

Schedule 1--Amendment

 

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Health Insurance Act 1973

 

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A Bill for an Act to amend the Health Insurance Act 

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1973, 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 Insurance Amendment 

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(Medicare Funding for Certain Types of Abortion) Act 2013. 

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2  Commencement 

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  This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal 

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Assent. 

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3  Schedule(s) 

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  Each Act 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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 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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Amendment  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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Schedule 1

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Amendment 

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Health Insurance Act 1973 

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1  After section 17 

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Insert: 

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17A  Medicare benefits not payable in respect of certain types of 

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medically induced terminations 

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(1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, or of any 

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regulation made pursuant to this Act, a medicare benefit is not 

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payable in respect of a professional service if: 

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(a)  the professional service involves a medical practitioner 

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performing: 

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(i)  a medically induced termination on a pregnant woman; 

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or 

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(ii)  a service that relates to or is connected with performing 

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a medically induced termination on a pregnant woman; 

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and 

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(b)  the termination is carried out solely because of the gender of 

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the foetus. 

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