October 21, 2009

Health Insurance Act 1973 updated

ComLaw has published a consolidated Health Insurance Act 1973 which includes the latest amendments.

Posted 21st October 2009 by David Jacobson in legislation

October 20, 2009

Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2009

The Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2009 is currently before Parliament.

It allows for the conditional listing of prostheses in the Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Rules (Prostheses Rules) and requires the Minister for Health and Ageing to make rules specifying criteria for listing prostheses in the Prostheses Rules.

The Parliamentary Library has published a digest of the Bill here.

Posted 20th October 2009 by David Jacobson in legislation

October 12, 2009

New PHIAC governance standards to commence 1 January 2010

The Private Health Insurance (Insurer Obligations) Rules 2009 repeal the Private Health Insurance (Insurer Obligations) Rules 2007 and establish prudential standards for private health insurers that set minimum requirements for the governance arrangements of private health insurers, specify appointed actuary requirements of private health insurers and detail reporting and notification requirements for private health insurers.

The new Rules commence on 1 January 2010.

The Governance Standards are set out in Schedule 1.

Posted 12th October 2009 by David Jacobson in governance