Human Services (Medicare) Amendment (National Bowel Cancer Screening Register) Regulation 2015 (Cth)
Human Services (Medicare) Amendment (National Bowel Cancer Screening Register) Regulation 2015
Select Legislative Instrument No. 212, 2015
I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following instrument.
Dated 26 November 2015
Peter Cosgrove
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Stuart Robert
Minister for Human Services
Contents
1............ Name.................................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1
3............ Authority............................................................................................ 1
4............ Schedules............................................................................................ 1
Schedule 1—Amendments 2
Human Services (Medicare) Regulations 1975 2
1Name
This is the Human Services (Medicare) Amendment (National Bowel Cancer Screening Register) Regulation 2015.
2Commencement
(1)Each provision of this instrument 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 instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. | 3 December 2015 |
Note:This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2)Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3Authority
This instrument is made under the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973.
4Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Human Services (Medicare) Regulations 1975
1 Regulation 3
Insert:
de‑identified has the meaning given by subsection 6(1) of the Privacy Act 1988.
2 After regulation 30
Insert:
30A Functions in relation to National Bowel Cancer Screening Register
(1) The following are prescribed functions:
(a) to establish, maintain and administer a register of:
(i) bowel cancer screening test results; and
(ii) the screening and detection history of people described in subregulation (2); and
(iii) other relevant information in relation to such people;
(b) to invite people to undergo bowel cancer screening at appropriate intervals;
(c) to supply faecal occult blood test kits to people;
(d) to provide personal information about a person’s bowel cancer screening and detection history to a medical practitioner to assist the medical practitioner in advising the person about options for the person’s clinical management;
(e) to provide personal information about a person to the Department administered by the Minister administering the Health Insurance Act 1973 to assist in investigating complaints and other matters raised by, or concerning, the person;
(f) to provide personal information to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare to assist in:
(i) assessing the accuracy of screening tests; and
(ii) monitoring, and control of the quality of performance of, the functions mentioned in this subregulation;
(g) to provide personal information to State and Territory Departments and authorities with responsibility for health matters, to assist in arranging follow‑up of people who have had positive screening test results;
(h) to provide de‑identified information to:
(i) the Department administered by the Minister administering the Health Insurance Act 1973; and
(ii) the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare;
to assist in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the program constituted by the functions mentioned in this subregulation;
(i) to make payments on behalf of the Commonwealth to medical practitioners, or other persons authorised by medical practitioners to receive the payments, for the transfer of information.
(2) For subparagraphs (1)(a)(ii) and (iii), the people are as follows:
(a) people undergoing bowel cancer screening;
(b) people whom the Chief Executive Medicare invites to undergo bowel cancer screening;
(c) people whom the Chief Executive Medicare:
(i) considers inviting to undergo bowel cancer screening; but
(ii) decides not to invite to undergo the screening.
(3) The following information may be used for the purposes of the functions mentioned in subregulation (1):
(a) information acquired by a person in the performance of the person’s duties, or in the exercise of the person’s powers or functions, under the Health Insurance Act 1973;
(b) information acquired by a person in the performance of the person’s duties, or in the exercise of the person’s powers or functions, under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
(4) The program constituted by the functions mentioned in subregulation (1) is to be known as the National Bowel Cancer Screening Register.
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