2013‑2014
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2014
No. , 2014
(Health)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Health Insurance Act 1973, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Part 1—Extended general safety‑net amount 3
Health Insurance Act 1973 3
Part 2—Confirmation of family composition 4
Health Insurance Act 1973 4
A Bill for an Act to amend the Health Insurance Act 1973, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Act 2014.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
| 2. Schedule 1, Part 1 | 1 January 2015. | 1 January 2015 |
| 3. Schedule 1, Part 2 | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Part 1—Extended general safety‑net amount
Health Insurance Act 1973
1 Subsection 8(1A) (definition of extended general safety‑net amount)
Omit “$1,000”, substitute “$2,000”.
2 Application—medical expenses incurred on or after 1 January 2015
The amendment made by item 1 of this Schedule applies in relation to medical expenses incurred on or after 1 January 2015.
3 Application—indexation of amount
The amount of $2,000 inserted by item 1 of this Schedule is not indexed under section 10A of the Health Insurance Act 1973 on 1 January 2015.
Part 2—Confirmation of family composition
Health Insurance Act 1973
4 Subsection 10AE(1)
Omit “, in writing,”.