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2016-2017-2018-2019
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Human Services Amendment
(Photographic Identification and Fraud
Prevention) Bill 2019
No. , 2019
(Senator Hanson)
A Bill for an Act to require photographic
identification on Medicare cards to prevent misuse
and fraud, and for related purposes
No. , 2019
Human Services Amendment (Photographic Identification and Fraud
Prevention) Bill 2019
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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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Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973
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No. , 2019
Human Services Amendment (Photographic Identification and Fraud
Prevention) Bill 2019
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A Bill for an Act to require photographic
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identification on Medicare cards to prevent misuse
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and fraud, 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 is the Human Services Amendment (Photographic
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Identification and Fraud Prevention) Act 2019.
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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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Human Services Amendment (Photographic Identification and Fraud
Prevention) Bill 2019
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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
The day after 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 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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Prevention) Bill 2019
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973
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1 Section 3
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Insert:
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eligible person has the same meaning as in the Health Insurance
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Act 1973.
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medicare card has the same meaning as in Part VII of the National
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Health Act 1953.
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medicare card information means information contained on the
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front of a Medicare card, including the following:
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(a) the individual reference number of a person;
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(b) the medicare number of a person;
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(c) the family name, given name or names;
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(d) the medicare card holder's photograph;
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medicare number has the same meaning as in Part VII of the
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National Health Act 1953.
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2 Before section 41C
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Insert:
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41A Medicare card information
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A medicare card issued to a person must include medicare card
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information.
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41B Minister to be satisfied of person's eligibility and identity
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Before issuing a medicare card to a person, the Minister must be
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satisfied:
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(a) that the person is an eligible person; and
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(b) of the identity of the person.
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Schedule 1 Amendments
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Human Services Amendment (Photographic Identification and Fraud
Prevention) Bill 2019
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41BA Payment obtained through fraud etc.
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A person shall not by:
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(a) means of impersonation; or
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(b) false or misleading statement; or
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(c) fraudulent use of a medicare card;
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obtain a benefit or payment in respect of the supply of benefits
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under:
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(d) this Act; or
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(e) the Health Insurance Act 1973; or
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(f) the National Health Act 1953.
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years, or 50 penalty units, or both.
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