{"id":"F2021L00474","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2019-20) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-health-reform-payments-for-2019-20-determination-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440818,"registerId":"F2021L00474-fast-fetch-1775956314023","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 2019-20) Determination 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: 210324-LI-TSY_46_122-national health reform pymts 19-20.master\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 2019‑20) Determination 2021\n\nI, Josh Frydenberg, Treasurer, make the following determination.\n\nDated 21 April 2021\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 2019-20\n\n5  National health reform payments for 2019-20\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 2019‑20) Determination 2021.\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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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\nNote: Expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 as in force from time to time—see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nthe Act means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nPart 2—Determination of national health reform payments for 2019-20\n\n \n\n5  National health reform payments for 2019-20\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 2019-20 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 2019‑20 payment year is: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $7,704,432,216.26 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $6,172,152,154.07 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $5,216,273,121.63 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $2,442,993,952.69 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $1,514,463,642.95 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $494,403,568.49 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $433,590,203.36 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $319,676,402.99 |\n|  | Total | $24,297,985,262.44 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, technical function it was designed for: specifying health funding amounts for a single financial year under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. There is no scope creep — it does not expand beyond the original purpose of enabling Commonwealth-to-state health payments."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 5 operative provisions across 2 Parts","No defined terms in the instrument itself (relies entirely on definitions from the parent Act)","Single operative provision (section 5) containing a straightforward table of amounts","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the basic authority provision","Purpose-built for a single, discrete administrative task (specifying payment amounts for one financial year)"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination authorises $24.3 billion in Commonwealth funding for state and territory health services in 2019–20, specifying exact amounts for each jurisdiction. It affects state and territory governments (the recipients), patients who rely on public hospitals, and taxpayers; it legally implements the National Health Reform Agreement by enabling the federal transfers that keep state hospital systems running."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the scope of the National Health Reform payments program; it only specifies the monetary amounts to be paid for the 2019–20 payment year under section 15A of the Act (see s5). It does not alter eligibility, conditions, or the underlying National Health Reform Agreement (s5; s3)."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: section 5 contains a table that specifies fixed payment amounts to each State and Territory for the 2019–20 payment year (s5).","Legal authority: instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see Authority, s3), and uses definitions drawn from that Act (s4).","Commencement mechanics: the instrument takes effect the day after registration (Commencement, s2), which matters for timing of payment records and accounting.","Precision of monetary figures: amounts are specified to cents for eight jurisdictions and a total, which may require treasury accounting or rounding protocols in payment processing (s5 table).","No new conditions or formulas: the instrument does not change the National Health Reform Agreement’s terms or create additional eligibility criteria—it only fixes amounts for the listed payment year (s5).","Decision and execution: the instrument was made by the Treasurer (preamble/heading) and operates through the Act’s payment power, concentrating the legal decision in the executive instrument rather than in ongoing formulae."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination names the exact dollar amounts the Commonwealth will pay each Australian state and territory for the 2019–20 national health reform payment year. It is a technical instrument that allocates one-off grant amounts for expenditure under the National Health Reform Agreement and therefore affects state budgets and federal–state funding flows."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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