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Health Services Amendment (Health Purchasing Victoria) Act 2013

No. 8 of 2013

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section  Page

1Purpose

2Commencement

3Definition of health or related service

4New Schedule 6

SCHEDULE 6—Women's Health Services

5Repeal of amending Act

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Health Services Amendment (Health Purchasing Victoria) Act 2013

No. 8 of 2013

[Assented to 26 February 2013]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts:

1Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to amend the Health Services Act 1988 to expand the range of health or related services in relation to which Health Purchasing Victoria performs functions and exercises powers to include registered community health centres and women's health services.

2Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3Definition of health or related service

In section 3(1) of the Health Services Act 1988, in the definition of health or related service, after paragraph (a) insert—

"(ab)a registered community health centre; or

(ac)a women's health service listed in Schedule 6; or".

4New Schedule 6

After Schedule 5 to the Health Services Act 1988 insert—

"__________________

SCHEDULE 6

Section 3

WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES

The following incorporated associations—

Gippsland Women's Health Service Inc.

Multicultural Centre for Women's Health Inc.

Women's Health and Wellbeing Barwon South West Inc.

Women's Health East Inc.

Women's Health Goulburn North-East Incorporated

Women's Health Grampians Inc.

Women's Health Loddon Mallee Inc.

Women's Health in the North Inc.

Women's Health in the South-East Inc.

Women's Health Victoria Inc.

Women's Health West Inc.".

5Repeal of amending Act

This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of its commencement.

Note

The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation of the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).

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Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 29 November 2012

Legislative Council: 7 February 2013

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the Health Services Act 1988 to expand the range of health or related services in relation to which Health Purchasing Victoria performs functions and exercises powers to include registered community health centres and women's health services and for other purposes."