Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill 2026
Amends:
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
- provide that the private health insurance rebate percentage and calculation method for people aged 65 years and over are the same as those applying to people under 65 years of age
Age Discrimination Act 2004
- make a technical amendment
Summary from the official bill homepage.
Progress
| Date | Step |
|---|---|
| House | |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Introduced and read a first time |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Second reading moved |
| 10 Sep 2026 | Second reading debate |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Second reading debate |
| 15 Sep 2026 | Second reading debate |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Second reading debate |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Second reading agreed to |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Consideration in detail debate |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Third reading agreed to |
| Senate | |
| 17 Sep 2026 | Introduced and read a first time |
| 17 Sep 2026 | Second reading moved |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Discharged from Notice Paper |
Divisions on this bill
- 16 Sep 2026 Second Reading Negatived House 46–86
- 16 Sep 2026 Second Reading Negatived House 45–87
- 16 Sep 2026 Second Reading Carried House 86–47
- 16 Sep 2026 Consideration in Detail Negatived House 9–85
- 16 Sep 2026 Consideration in Detail Carried House 87–48
- 16 Sep 2026 Third Reading Carried House 88–48
Official record: bill homepage at aph.gov.au, full text and documents on ParlInfo.