Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM ACT 2011 - SECT 220

Scope

  (1)   This section applies if the Chair of the Pricing Authority is satisfied that particular protected Pricing Authority information will enable or assist any of the following agencies, bodies or persons:

  (b)   the Commission;

  (ba)   the Administrator;

  (bb)   the Funding Body;

  (c)   the Ministerial Council;

  (d)   Health Chief Executives Forum;

  (e)   the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare;

  (f)   the Australian Statistician;

  (g)   a State/Territory government body that has functions relating to health care;

  (h)   an agency, body or person specified in a legislative instrument made by the Minister with the agreement of the First Ministers' Council;

to perform or exercise any of the functions or powers of the agency, body or person.

  (2)   The First Ministers' Council is to give its agreement for the purposes of paragraph   (1)(h) by a written resolution of that Council passed in accordance with the procedures determined by that Council.

Disclosure

  (3)   If an official of the Pricing Authority is authorised by the Chair of the Pricing Authority, in writing, for the purposes of this section, the official may disclose that protected Pricing Authority information to the agency, body or person concerned.

  (4)   If protected Pricing Authority information is disclosed under subsection   (3) to an agency, body or person, the agency, body or person must not disclose or use the information for a purpose other than the purpose for which the information was given to the agency, body or person.

Certain protected Pricing Authority information not to be disclosed

  (5)   This section does not authorise the disclosure of protected Pricing Authority information that is:

  (a)   health care pricing and costing information; or

  (b)   aged care information.