{"id":"F2022L01636","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2021-22) Determination 2022","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-health-reform-payments-for-2021-22-determination-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441654,"registerId":"F2022L01636-fast-fetch-1775956913424","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 2021-22) Determination 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2021-22) Determination 2022\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   12 December 2022\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh\n\nAssistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer\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 2021-22\n\n5  National health reform payments for 2021-22\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2021‑22) Determination 2022.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of 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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 2021-22\n\n5  National health reform payments for 2021-22\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 2021-22 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 2021‑22 payment year is: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $9,179,806,921.34 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $7,932,176,132.96 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $6,316,504,375.91 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $3,188,498,985.14 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $1,905,364,109.80 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $671,446,204.08 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $548,173,370.47 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $433,658,868.90 |\n|  | Total | $30,175,628,968.60 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument simply specifies payment amounts for 2021–22 under the existing Federal Financial Relations Act framework (see s3 and s5). It does not widen or narrow the statutory scheme or add new categories of recipients; it implements the Act’s payment function for a single payment year without altering scope."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative table of fixed dollar amounts (Part 2, s5) — no formula or conditional adjustments required.","Short statutory architecture: name, commencement, authority and definitions only (Part 1, ss1–4) — limited cross-referencing.","Made under an external statutory power (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009) and tied to s15A of that Act (s3 and s5), requiring readers to consult the Act for broader context.","Precise monetary figures to many decimal places raise administrative precision requirements but not legal complexity (Part 2, s5 table).","No new compliance procedures, reporting requirements, or discretionary decision-making set out in the instrument itself."],"plain_english_summary":"Specifies the exact Commonwealth dollar amounts to be paid to each Australian state and territory for the 2021–22 payment year under the National Health Reform Agreement. It lists each jurisdiction’s grant and the total, and so determines the federal contribution that states will receive for public health purposes.\n\nThese payments change state and territory budgets for health funding; the Commonwealth makes the payments under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see s5)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: making annual determinations of health funding amounts. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply refers to the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Single substantive provision (section 5) consisting of a simple table with 8 rows of data","No amendments, schedules, or explanatory material embedded in the text","Purpose is purely executory—implementing an existing agreement with fixed calculations"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises $30.18 billion in Commonwealth funding for public hospitals and health services in 2021–22, allocating specific amounts to each state and territory under the National Health Reform Agreement (e.g. NSW $9.18B, VIC $7.93B, NT $434M). It’s administrative: it enables the legal transfer of funds for emergency care, elective surgery and admissions without changing funding rules."},"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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