{"id":"F2019L00492","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2017-18) Determination 2019","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-health-reform-payments-for-2017-18-determination-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440015,"registerId":"F2019L00492-fast-fetch-1775955815160","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2017-18) Determination 2019","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2017‑18) Determination 2019\n\nI, Josh Frydenberg, Treasurer, make the following determination.\n\nDated 25 March 2019\n\n \n\nJosh Frydenberg\n\nTreasurer\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name \n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\nPart 2—Determination of national health reform payments for 2017-18\n\n5  National health reform payments for 2017-18\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2017‑18) Determination 2019.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nthe Act means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nNote: Expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Act as in force from time to time—see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.\n\nPart 2—Determination of national health reform payments for 2017-18\n\n \n\n5  National health reform payments for 2017-18\n\n  For the purposes of section 15A of the Act, each item of the following table specifies an amount that is to be paid to the State specified in the item, for the 2017-18 payment year, for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance for the purpose of expenditure in accordance with the National Health Reform Agreement:\n\n \n\n| Item | For this State: | The amount of financial assistance for the 2017‑18 payment year is: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $6,149,319,484.85 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $4,878,692,798.88 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $4,347,559,042.01 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $2,152,283,833.08 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $1,300,470,552.92 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $412,115,456.19 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $373,216,332.05 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $263,365,403.94 |\n|  | Total | $19,877,022,903.92 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination serves exactly its intended purpose: to specify the annual health reform payment amounts for a particular financial year. It has not expanded beyond the original scope of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, which explicitly provides for such determinations to be made."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument — only 5 substantive sections","Only 1 defined term ('the Act') in the interpretation section","Single operative provision (section 5) containing a straightforward payment table","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Purpose is purely administrative — specifying pre-calculated amounts"],"plain_english_summary":"This Ministerial determination authorises the Commonwealth to pay a total of $19.88 billion to states and territories for public hospitals and health services for 2017–18 under the National Health Reform Agreement. \n\nIt legally enables the specific cash transfers to each jurisdiction, affecting state/territory governments (recipients), patients (service impact) and taxpayers (funding source)."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the scope of Commonwealth‑to‑State health funding; it merely specifies the dollar amounts payable for the 2017‑18 payment year under the National Health Reform Agreement (cl.5) and records commencement and authority (cls.2–3)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow substantive scope: instrument only specifies payment amounts for 2017‑18 (cl.5) rather than creating ongoing rules or new obligations.","Simple structure: short preliminary provisions (name, commencement, authority, definitions) and a single payments table (cls.1–5).","Fixed numerical values: payments are fixed sums per jurisdiction, reducing interpretive ambiguity but requiring precise accounting.","Statutory dependence: authority and effect flow from the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (cl.3) and the National Health Reform Agreement referenced in cl.5.","Minimal administrative detail: commencement rule (cl.2) but no operational instructions on payment timing, conditions or reporting—those processes remain with administering agencies.","Limited discretion: no grant conditions or formulas are set in the instrument, so executive discretion is confined to making the specified payments.","Fiscal impact concentration: large, state-specific cash flows create budgetary consequences for Commonwealth and States even though the instrument itself is administratively simple."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination, made by the Treasurer under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, fixes the dollar amounts the Commonwealth will pay each State and Territory for the 2017‑18 National Health Reform payment year, totalling $19,877,022,903.92. It records the recipient jurisdictions and exact sums (cl.5) and takes effect the day after registration (cl.2), thereby determining Commonwealth cash flows to states for health grants without creating new regulatory duties for private parties."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-health-reform-payments-for-2017-18-determination-2019","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-health-reform-payments-for-2017-18-determination-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-health-reform-payments-for-2017-18-determination-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-health-reform-payments-for-2017-18-determination-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-health-reform-payments-for-2017-18-determination-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-health-reform-payments-for-2017-18-determination-2019/documents"}}