The Senate Community Affairs Committee is conducting an Inquiry into the Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2009

If the Bill is passed, the amendments will add a category of “dependent child” under the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 by inserting the definition of “dependent child non-student”. This will allow insurers to charge a different premium for “dependent child non-students” under a family policy. A “dependent child non-student” is a person aged from 18 to 24 (inclusive), who does not have a partner, is not receiving a full time education at a school, college or university and is defined in a private health insurer‟s fund rules.