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1996
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Health
Legislation Amendment (Private Health Insurance Incentives) Bill
1996
No. ,
1996
(Health and Family
Services)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Health Insurance Commission Act 1973 and the National Health Act
1953
9615020—1,000/29.10.1996—(150/96) Cat.
No. 96 5363 5 ISBN 0644 481072
Contents
Health Insurance Commission Act
1973 6hlaphh1.html
National Health Act 1953 6hlaphh1.html
A Bill for an Act to amend the Health Insurance
Commission Act 1973 and the National Health Act
1953
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Health Legislation Amendment (Private
Health Insurance Incentives) Act 1996.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
Health
Insurance Commission Act 1973
1 After section 8D
Insert:
The functions of the Commission include administering the Private
Health Insurance Incentives Act 1996.
2 After section 73ABA
Insert:
It is a condition of registration of a registered organization that it
must not contravene a requirement imposed on it by or under the Private
Health Insurance Incentives Act 1996.
3 After paragraph
82G(1)(ba)
Insert:
(bb) to obtain regular reports from registered organisations about
matters relating to the incentives scheme within the meaning of the Private
Health Insurance Incentives Act 1996, including reports supported by
actuarial certification;
4 At the end of section 82L
Add:
(3) If the registered organisation was a participating fund for that
year, the report must also include details, in a form determined by the
Council, of the following:
(a) persons with whom private health insurance policies issued by the
registered organisation were in force during that year and who were participants
in the incentives scheme for that year;
(b) reductions of premium payable for that year as a result of the
operation of the scheme;
(c) receipt of money from the Commission under the Private Health
Insurance Incentives Act 1996 for that year.
(4) Without limiting subsection (3), the report must include a statement
by an auditor as to whether, in the opinion of the auditor, the registered
organisation has complied with the provisions of the Private Health Insurance
Incentives Act 1996 during that year.
(5) In this section:
participant in the incentives scheme has the same meaning as
in the Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1996.
participating fund has the same meaning as in that
Act.
private health insurance policy has the same meaning as in
that Act.
5 After subsection 82PA(2)
Insert:
(2A) The report must also contain such information as the Minister
determines about matters relating to the involvement of registered organisations
in the incentives scheme within the meaning of the Private Health Insurance
Incentives Act 1996.
(2B) In particular, the report must contain information about any
statement by an auditor under subsection 82L(4) that, in the opinion of the
auditor, the registered organisation concerned has not complied with the
provisions of the Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1996 during the
year.
6 After paragraph 82R(1)(b)
Insert:
or (c) having regard to an auditor’s statement under subsection
82L(4), a registered organization has not complied with the provisions of the
Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1996;
7 Section 82ZSA
Repeal the section, substitute:
The complaint may be about:
(a) any matter arising out of or connected with a private health insurance
arrangement; or
(b) any matter arising out of or connected with the incentives scheme
within the meaning of the Private Health Insurance Incentives Act
1996.