FED Pathology Fees Acts Abolished; Health Minister Must Send Notices for Formal Promises; Health Minister Must Give Notices for Lab Permission

Health Insurance (Pathology - Fees - Repeal) Bill 2025

1 Sep 2025: Passed by Parliament and signed off by the governor.

This bill kicks in: TBA

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The Health Insurance (Pathology - Fees) Act 1991 and the Health Insurance (Pathology - Fees) Amendment (Norfolk Island) Act 2015 are abolished.
If the Health Minister accepts a formal promise (an undertaking) from a person, the Health Minister must send a notice. This notice must state when the promise starts, how long it lasts, and how the person can ask the Administrative Review Tribunal to review that time period.
The Health Minister can now approve or refuse written applications to register a premises as an accredited pathology laboratory.
The Health Minister must give a copy of the approval to the person who applied for the pathology laboratory accreditation.
The Commonwealth must refund fees paid under the old Pathology Fees Act if the approval or promise starts on or after 1 July 2025.

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