Information Reporting Requirements for Insurance and Care NSW
State Insurance and Care Governance Amendment (ICNSW Governance) Bill 2023
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council
Assent
Topics
government accountability insurance schemes motor accident insurance workers compensation workplace injury
Introduced by: The Hon Sophie Cotsis MP (ALP); The Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (ALP)
Links to official parliament websites
Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Damien Tudehope LIB
“The State Insurance and Care Governance Amendment (ICNSW Governance) Bill 2023 is not nearly as substantial as the previous bill. I congratulate the Minister on the previous bill; I think it was good legislation, and obviously the Opposition supported it. This bill is probably not as meaty as the previous bill.”
Rod Roberts IND
“I make a brief contribution to debate on the State Insurance and Care Governance Amendment (ICNSW Governance) Bill 2023, and I too acknowledge the presence of the Minister in the gallery. Every time a bill of hers comes before this Chamber, she always makes the effort to be here. That is appreciated and acknowledged.”
Abigail Boyd GRN
“On behalf of The Greens, as both the work health and safety spokesperson and Treasury and finance spokesperson, I support the State Insurance and Care Governance Amendment (ICNSW Governance) Bill 2023 introduced by Minister Cotsis. If I am being criticised for the way I am say something rather than the content of what I am saying, I always think that I have done pretty well.”
Daniel Mookhey ALP
“I speak on the State Insurance and Care Governance Amendment (ICNSW Governance) Bill 2023, which obviously has to do with icare. It is fair to say that I have had some involvement in developing the case for the reform of icare over the previous term of Parliament.”
Mark Buttigieg ALP
“Since Labor has been in Government, I have been privy to some of the correspondence coming out of icare. I have read about the terrible user‑end experiences of the people icare was supposed to serve. They had some terrible experiences under the previous administration. I acknowledge the Treasurer’s heavy involvement in bringing this bill to the Parliament.”
News articles and press releases
State Insurance and Care Governance Amendment (ICNSW Governance) Bill 2023
Ms SOPHIE COTSIS, Minister for Industrial Relations — 2023-09-13
Icare should be, at the heart, a service provider organisation. It was established to consolidate service provision for the State’s multiple insurance and care schemes—to be a centre of excellence for those schemes and provide an improved focus on return to work and quality-of-life outcomes. The bill will help icare focus on its original goals. The State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015, the SICG Act, sets out broad functions for icare as a service provider. Those functions describe the activities that icare is legally authorised to perform to fulfil its role. However, the Act currently provides no statement of objectives or overarching principles to guide the icare board and executive on what needs to be achieved when exercising those functions.