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The following information relates to the ACT Health Directorate:

(1) $143,908.35. This amount relates mostly to scientific services provided to the ACT Coroner’s Office and asbestos sample testing at the Health Protection Service.

(2) Nil.

(3) (a) $38,773.40. This amount relates to invoices raised in June 2019.

(b) Nil.

(4) (a) $38,773.40

(b) Nil.

(c) Nil.

(d) Nil.

(e) Nil.

(5) (a) Nil.

(b) Nil.

(6) The ACT Health Directorate has policies and procedures in place to recover unpaid fees and interest involving:

(a) follow-up of debts – contact at 30-day intervals; after 90 days an instalment plan is negotiated;

(b) Escalation of outstanding debts – outstanding debts over $10,000 are referred to the Government Solicitor’s Office (GSO) to commence legal action;

(c) write-off or write down of debts – where it is impossible or uneconomical to recover the debt;

(d) waiver of debts – under exceptional circumstances i.e. where recovery would lead to inequity or unreasonable hardship; and

(e) reporting – internal reporting as well as in the annual report in the case of write-offs, write-downs and waivers.

(7) Interest is charged on amounts over $500 that remain outstanding after the payment due date. If debt recovery methods are not successful, then the debt can be referred to the Government Solicitor’s Office (GSO) for further action. Neither of these sanctions were required in 2018-19 by the ACT Health Directorate.

The following information relates to Canberra Health Services:

(1) $53,034,518.70

Note: This includes amounts paid to Staff Specialists and the Private Practice Fund under scheme arrangements.

(2) $27,138.17

(3) (a) $15,171,937.75

(b) $181,338.55

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