HEALTH SERVICES AMENDMENT (NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM AGREEMENT) BILL 2012Health Services Amendment (National Health Reform Agreement) Bill 2012 • November 29th, 2012
The Health Services Amendment (National Health Reform Agreement) Bill 2012 implements a major component of the National Health Reform Agreement agreed by the Council of Australian Governments in August 2011 and will establish the legislative framework for new national funding arrangements which are scheduled to commence on 1 July 2012. The agreement requires significant health reform action including the establishment of improved local accountability and responsiveness of public hospital health services through devolved local governance and management, improved and transparent performance reporting and accountability measures, major changes to improve the transparency of public hospital funding through a national health funding pool, and a nationally consistent approach to activity-based funding as a means of improving patient access to services and public hospital efficiency. These key elements of the agreement complement and reinforce directions and strategies already being pursued b
Health Services Amendment (National Health Reform Agreement) Bill 2012Health Services Amendment (National Health Reform Agreement) Bill 2012 • August 16th, 2021
The object of this Bill is to amend the Health Services Act 1997 to make provision for the funding of health services in accordance with the National Health Reform Agreement between the Commonwealth and the States and Territories that was agreed to by COAG on 2 August 2011. The Agreement is available at http://www.coag.gov.au/docs/national_health_reform_agreement.pdf.
