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2013-2014
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Private Health Insurance Amendment
(GP Services) Bill 2014
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(Senator Di Natale)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Private Health
Insurance Act 2007, and for related purposes
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Private Health Insurance Amendment (GP Services) Bill 2014
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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--Private Health Insurance Act 2007
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Private Health Insurance Amendment (GP Services) Bill 2014
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Private Health
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Insurance Act 2007, 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 Private Health Insurance Amendment
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(GP Services) Act 2014.
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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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule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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Private Health Insurance Act 2007 Schedule 1
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Schedule 1
--Private Health Insurance Act
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2007
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1 At the end of Chapter 3
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Add:
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Part 3-7--GP services
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Division 105--GP services
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105-5 GP services
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(1) A private health insurer must not enter into an agreement or
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arrangement that provides for:
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(a) GP services to be rendered to persons insured under
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private
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health insurance policies issued by the private health insurer;
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or
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(b) persons insured under private health insurance policies issued
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by the private health insurer to have preferential access to GP
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services;
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Example: Access to a GP out of hours, when uninsured patients do not have
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access to the GP out of hours.
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unless the Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business)
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Rules provide otherwise.
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(2) A GP service is a service rendered in Australia by a general
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practitioner (within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act
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1973):
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(a) that is
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general treatment (disregarding
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subsection 121-10(3)); and
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(b) for which
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medicare benefit is payable.
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2 Subsection 333-20(1) (table item 6, column headed
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"Chapter/Part/section")
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Omit "Part", substitute "Parts 3-7 and".
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3 Dictionary in Schedule 1
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Insert:
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Schedule 1 Private Health Insurance Act 2007
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GP service has the meaning given by subsection 105-5(2).
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