Health Insurance Act 1973—Section 19(2) exemption
1304. Hon Anthony Spagnolo to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to section 19(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, which prevents Medicare benefits from being claimed for services delivered by or on behalf of government unless an exemption is granted.
(1) Will the minister please table the list of radiation oncology locations in Western Australia that currently operate under a section 19(2) exemption?
(2) For each location identified in (1), will the minister advise:
(a) the provider and physical location;
(b) the date the exemption was granted; and
(c) whether the exemption applies to all Medicare-eligible radiation oncology item numbers or only a subset?
Hon Pierre Yang replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided by the Minister for Health.
(1)–(2) There is no established process to request an exemption from the Commonwealth under section 19(2).
