Commonwealth: National Health Amendment (Safety Net Thresholds) Act 2019 (Cth)

National Health Amendment (Safety Net Thresholds) Act 2019 No. 106, 2019 An Act to amend the National Health Act 1953, and for related purposes Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedules Schedule 1—Safety net thresholds National Health Act 1953 National Health Amendment (Safety Net Thresholds) Act 2019 No. 106, 2019 An Act to amend the National Health Act 1953, and for related purposes [Assented to 28 November 2019] The Parliament of Australia enacts: 1 Short title This Act is the National Health Amendment (Safety Net Thresholds) Act 2019. 2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms. Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this Act 1 January 2020. 1 January 2020 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act. 3 Schedules Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms. Schedule 1—Safety net thresholds National Health Act 1953 1 Section 99F (definition of concessional beneficiary safety net) Omit "60", substitute "48". 2 Section 99F (definition of general patient safety net) Repeal the definition, substitute: general patient safety net means the amount of $1,486.80. 3 After subsection 99G(1) Insert: (1A) Despite subsection (1), the general patient safety net is not to be indexed on 1 January 2020. [Minister's second reading speech made in— House of Representatives on 11 September 2019 Senate on 17 October 2019] (163/19)