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Senate s1458 Status Act

Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025

Amends:

Dental Benefits Act 2008 and Health Insurance Act 1973

  • change the timeframe for making claims relating to bulk-billed Medicare and dental services from 2 years to 1 year

Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973

  • update investigative powers in relation to Medicare fraud offences

National Health Act 1953

  • streamline pharmacy approval processes

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  • enable the department to manage and alleviate the consequences of therapeutic goods shortages
  • support compliance and enforcement activities undertaken in relation to unlawful therapeutic and vaping goods

Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Act 2023

  • clarify the intended operation of certain provisions

Summary from the official bill homepage.

Became law

ActHealth Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2025
NumberNo. 38, 2025
Assent4 Sep 2025
StatusIn force

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 21 Oct 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au.

Progress

DateStep
Senate
23 Jul 2025Introduced and read a first time
23 Jul 2025Second reading moved
24 Jul 2025Second reading debate
28 Jul 2025Second reading debate
28 Jul 2025Second reading agreed to
28 Jul 2025Committee of the Whole debate
29 Jul 2025Committee of the Whole debate
29 Jul 2025Third reading agreed to
House
29 Jul 2025Introduced and read a first time
25 Aug 2025Second reading moved
25 Aug 2025Second reading debate
1 Sep 2025Second reading debate
1 Sep 2025Second reading agreed to
1 Sep 2025Third reading agreed to
1 Sep 2025Finally passed both Houses
4 Sep 2025Assent

Divisions on this bill

Official record: bill homepage at aph.gov.au, full text and documents on ParlInfo.