Department of Health and Ageing [2012] AUSStaCSDLM 230 (1 November 2012)

• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGEING

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGEING

Accountability Amendment Principles 2012 (No. 1) [under section 96-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997] [F2012L02060]
Aged Care Act 1997
Made	12/10/12
Tabled	29/10/12 S	29/10/12 HR
Summary	Removes a redundant reference and deletes a definition from the principal principles.

Allocation Amendment Principles 2012 (No. 1) [under section 96-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997] [F2012L02055]
Aged Care Act 1997
Made	12/10/12
Tabled	29/10/12 S	29/10/12 HR
Summary	Amends the matters that must be considered by the secretary in relation to applications for the allocation of places, and makes other machinery amendments to the principal principles.

Certification, Quality of Care and Sanctions Amendment Principles 2012 [under section 96-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997] [F2012L02062]
Aged Care Act 1997
Made	12/10/12
Tabled	29/10/12 S	29/10/12 HR
Summary	Removes obsolete references to the Residential Care Standards from certain principles.

Community Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2012 (No. 1) [under section 96-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997] [F2012L02056]
Aged Care Act 1997
Made	12/10/12
Tabled	29/10/12 S	29/10/12 HR
Summary	Amends the principal principles to specify the levels at which community care for a person may be provided.

Community Visitors Grant Amendment Principles 2012 (No. 1) [under section 96-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997] [F2012L02059]
Aged Care Act 1997
Made	12/10/12
Tabled	29/10/12 S	29/10/12 HR
Summary	Amends the conditions to which a community visitors grant must be subject.

Health Insurance (Allied Health Services) Amendment Determination 2012 (No. 4) [under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973] [F2012L02095]
Health Insurance Act 1973
Made	23/10/12
Tabled	30/10/12 S	30/10/12 HR
Summary	Amends the principal determination to increase fees for all allied health services, introduce new items for audiology health services and remove redundant transitional provisions.

Health Insurance (Bone Densitometry) Determination 2012 [under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973] [F2012L02098]
Health Insurance Act 1973
Made	25/10/12
Tabled	31/10/12 S	31/10/12 HR
Summary	Replaces the previous determination and specifies revised fees.

Health Insurance (Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate services) Determination 2012 [under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973] [F2012L02113]
Health Insurance Act 1973
Made	29/10/12
Tabled	01/11/12 S	01/11/12 HR
Summary	Specifies Medicare items for the treatment of cleft lip and cleft palate conditions.

Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Capital Sensitivity) Amendment Determination 2012 (No. 2) [under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973] [F2012L02097]
Health Insurance Act 1973
Made	25/10/12
Tabled	30/10/12 S	30/10/12 HR
Summary	Amends the principal determination to specify new items which mirror those in the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulation 2012.

Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulation 2012 [Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 243] [F2012L02093]
Health Insurance Act 1973
Made	25/10/12
Tabled	30/10/12 S	30/10/12 HR
Summary	Repeals previous regulations and prescribes a new diagnostic imaging services table for the twelve month period beginning 1 November 2012.

Health Insurance (Endovenous Laser Therapy) Determination 2012 (No. 2) [under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973] [F2012L02063]
Health Insurance Act 1973
Made	16/10/12
Tabled	29/10/12 S	29/10/12 HR
Summary	Provides for annual indexation of medical benefits scheme fees for certain items.

Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 4) [Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 245] [F2012L02103]
Health Insurance Act 1973
Made	25/10/12
Tabled	31/10/12 S	31/10/12 HR
Summary	Makes a number of amendments to the principal regulation to reflect current clinical practice.

Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulation 2012 [Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 244] [F2012L02101]
Health Insurance Act 1973
Made	25/10/12
Tabled	31/10/12 S	31/10/12 HR
Summary	Repeals previous regulations and prescribes a new general medical services table for the twelve month period beginning 1 November 2012.

Health Insurance (Gippsland and South Eastern New South Wales Mobile MRI Service and Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Gladstone Mobile MRI Service) Determination 2012 [under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973] [F2012L02118]
Health Insurance Act 1973
Made	30/10/12
Tabled	01/11/12 S	01/11/12 HR
Summary	Repeals and replaces the previous determination in order to add new items which mirror those in the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulation 2012.

Health Insurance (Midwife and Nurse Practitioner) Amendment Determination 2012 (No. 1) [under section 3C of the Health Insurance Act 1973] [F2012L02099]
Health Insurance Act 1973
Made	23/10/12
Tabled	31/10/12 S	31/10/12 HR
Summary	Specifies fee increases for midwife and nurse practitioner items, introduces minimum distance requirements for certain items and makes other technical amendments to the principal determination.

Health Insurance (Pathology Services Table) Regulation 2012 [Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 246] [F2012L02094]
Health Insurance Act 1973
Made	25/10/12
Tabled	30/10/12 S	30/10/12 HR
Summary	Repeals previous regulations and prescribes a new pathology services table for the twelve month period beginning 1 November 2012.

Health Workforce Australia (Eligibility) Instrument 2012 (No. 1) [under subsection 5(3) of the Health Workforce Australia Act 2009] [F2012L02069]
Health Workforce Australia Act 2009
Made	17/10/12
Tabled	29/10/12 S	29/10/12 HR
Summary	Specifies the kinds of students and the kinds of clinical training for which financial support may be provided under the Act.

National Health (Highly specialised drugs program for hospitals) Special Arrangement Amendment Instrument 2012 (No. 9) (No. PB 96 of 2012) [under subsections 100(1) and 100(2) of the National Helath Act 1953] [F2012L02107]
National Health Act 1953
Made	25/10/12
Tabled	31/10/12 S	31/10/12 HR
Summary	Amends the arrangements for the availability of drugs and medicinal preparations under the highly specialised drugs program.

Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2012 (No. 6) [under item 3A of the table in section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007] [F2012L02111]
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
Made	26/10/12
Tabled	01/11/12 S	01/11/12 HR
Summary	Amends the minimum benefits payable for nursing-home type patients at public hospitals in some states and at private hospitals nationally.

Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2012 (No. 7) [under item 3A of the table in section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007] [F2012L02114]
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
Made	26/10/12
Tabled	01/11/12 S	01/11/12 HR
Summary	Amends the principal rules to reflect changes to the medical benefits schedule item numbers and to reflect an indexation of medical benefits schedule fees.

Residential Care Grant Amendment Principles 2012 (No. 1) [under section 96-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997] [F2012L02061]
Aged Care Act 1997
Made	12/10/12
Tabled	29/10/12 S	29/10/12 HR
Summary	Amends the process for providing assistance to approved providers in the form of capital grants.

Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2012 (No. 3) [under section 96-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997] [F2012L02057]
Aged Care Act 1997
Made	12/10/12
Tabled	29/10/12 S	29/10/12 HR
Summary	Specifies matters to which the secretary must have regard in determining that the daily income reduction for a care recipient is taken to be zero.

User Rights Amendment Principles 2012 (No. 4) [under section 96-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997] [F2012L02058]
Aged Care Act 1997
Made	12/10/12
Tabled	29/10/12 S	29/10/12 HR
Summary	Corrects a drafting error in the principal principles.