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The government will be opposing the amendment. It creates uncertainty about the scope of an authority to disclose personal health information and health records. The disclosure of health records is essential for the processing of an injured person’s application for defined benefits, and for assessing and otherwise managing an injured person’s entitlements to defined benefits.
The definition in Mr Coe’s amendment will also have the effect of excluding other essential information required to process an application for defined benefits such as the personal particulars of an injured person, the dependants of a person that has died in a motor accident, medical certificates or death certificates and consents in relation to personal information. The government will not be supporting this amendment.
MS LE COUTEUR (Murrumbidgee) (11.29): The Greens will also not support this amendment. As Mr Barr and Mr Coe have said, the Liberal amendment changes the definition of information in a defined benefit application. And it substitutes the definition of information that includes only the information required to make a common-law application and not to make a defined benefit application.
This means it will create uncertainties. There will not be enough information there. There will then be uncertainty as to whether or not an authority can disclose health records, which are essential for processing an injured person’s application for defined benefits and for assessing and otherwise managing an injured person’s entitlements to defined benefits. It would also exclude other information necessary to process an application for defined benefit.
Amendment negatived.
Clause 53 agreed to.
Clause 54.
MR COE (Yerrabi—Leader of the Opposition) (11.30): I move amendment No 11 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 1635].
Amendment negatived.
Clause 54 agreed to.
Clauses 55 and 56, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 57.
MR COE (Yerrabi—Leader of the Opposition) (11.31): I move amendment No 12 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 1635].
Amendment negatived.
Clause 57 agreed to.
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