2013-2014 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

Health Insurance Amendment (Extended 

Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2014 

 

No.      , 2014 

 

(Health) 

 

 

 

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--Amendments

 

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Part 1--Extended general safety-net amount

 

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Health Insurance Act 1973

 

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Part 2--Confirmation of family composition

 

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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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(Extended Medicare Safety Net) 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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Commencement information 

Column 1 

Column 2 

Column 3 

Provision(s) 

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, 

Part 1 

1 January 2015. 

1 January 2015 

3.  Schedule 1, 

Part 2 

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 

 

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  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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Amendments  Schedule 1 

Extended general safety-net amount  Part 1 

 

 

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Schedule 1

--Amendments 

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Part 1

--Extended general safety-net amount 

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Health Insurance Act 1973 

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1  Subsection 8(1A) (definition of extended general safety-net 

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amount) 

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Omit "$1,000", substitute "$2,000". 

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2  Application

--medical expenses incurred on or after 

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1 January 2015 

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The amendment made by item 1 of this Schedule applies in relation to 

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medical expenses incurred on or after 1 January 2015. 

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3  Application

--indexation of amount 

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The amount of $2,000 inserted by item 1 of this Schedule is not indexed 

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under section 10A of the Health Insurance Act 1973 on 1 January 2015. 

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Schedule 1  Amendments 

Part 2  Confirmation of family composition 

 

 

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Part 2

--Confirmation of family composition 

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Health Insurance Act 1973 

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4  Subsection 10AE(1) 

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Omit ", in writing,". 

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