Health Minister Gains Power to Approve Accredited Pathology Laboratories and Must Provide Written Notice of Undertakings
Health Insurance (Pathology - Fees - Repeal) Bill 2025
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health health insurance medical accreditation medical fees medical laboratories pathology services
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
This bill ends the Health Insurance (Pathology - Fees) Act 1991 and the Health Insurance (Pathology - Fees) Amendment (Norfolk Island) Act 2015.
The Health Minister must give a written notice to people whose undertakings are accepted. This notice must state when the undertaking starts, how long it lasts, and how to apply to the Administrative Review Tribunal to review that period.
The Health Minister can now approve or refuse written applications to make a premises an accredited pathology laboratory.
The Health Minister must give a copy of the approval to the person who applied for the accredited pathology laboratory.
The Commonwealth must refund fees paid under the old pathology fees law if the approval or undertaking starts on or after 1 July 2025.