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The Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2011 and 2 associated Bills have been introduced into Parliament.
If passed, the private health insurance rebate will be income tested from 1 January 2012.
The ATO has produced a useful summary table here.
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The Private Health Insurance (Insurer Obligation) Amendment Rules 2010 (No. 1) will commence on 1 January 2011.
The Rules include increased disclosure, reporting and notification requirements for private health insurers.
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The Private Health Insurance Administration Council (PHIAC) has issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on “Giving a Council Direction”.
The SOP considers four separate powers which the Council may employ to protect the interests of consumers and to ensure the prudential safety of private health insurers:
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The Healthcare Identifiers Act establishes a national system for consistently identifying consumers and healthcare providers.
The objective is that healthcare identifiers for individuals and providers will be used as part of a national electronic health records system to improve safety for patients and increase efficiency for healthcare providers.
The Healthcare Identifiers Service will be operated by Medicare Australia.
Its functions include:
The Act sets out the permitted purposes for which healthcare identifiers may be used or disclosed and the offences relating to the misuse of healthcare identifiers and penalties for breaches of the legislation.
The Federal Privacy Commissioner will provide independent regulation of how healthcare identifiers are handled and the operation of the Healthcare Identifiers Service. This will include handling complaints against Medicare Australia.
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The Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs has recommended the passing of the Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010 and the Healthcare Identifiers (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010. (Download report here)
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On 19 November 2009 the Government re-introduced its reform package:
The Explanatory Memoranda are here, here and here.
UPDATE: The Bills were defeated by a majority vote in the Senate on 24 February 2010.
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ComLaw has published a consolidated Health Insurance Act 1973 which includes the latest amendments.
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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.
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The Senate Community Affairs Committee has tabled its report titled “Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 and two related bills“
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ComLaw has issued a consolidated National Health Act containing the latest amendments relating to the provision of pharmaceutical, sickness and hospital benefits, and of medical and dental services.
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