Pathology Fees Abolished; Health Minister Must Give Written Notice of Accepted Agreements; Health Minister Must Give Written Laboratory Approvals
Health Insurance (Pathology - Fees - Repeal) Bill 2025
House of Representatives
Senate
Assent
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Health Minister must now give written notice to pathology practitioners and authorities when their 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 must give a copy of the approval to anyone whose premises are approved as an accredited pathology laboratory.
Pathology practitioners, authorities, and laboratories no longer have to pay acceptance fees to the Health Minister.
The Commonwealth must refund fees paid under the old pathology fees laws if the undertaking or laboratory approval starts on or after 1 July 2025.
The laws that previously set the fees for pathology services are abolished.