{"id":"F2023L01631","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2022-23) Determination 2023","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-health-reform-payments-for-2022-23-determination-2023","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442202,"registerId":"F2023L01631-fast-fetch-1775957267284","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 2022-23) Determination 2023","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![Commonwealth coat of arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2022-23) Determination 2023\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated  06 December 2023\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 2022-23\n\n5  National health reform payments for 2022-23\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2022‑23) Determination 2023.\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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 2022-23\n\n5  National health reform payments for 2022-23\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 2022-23 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 2022‑23 payment year is: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $8,249,869,654.44 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $6,734,086,362.07 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $6,466,430,639.48 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $2,975,054,314.83 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $1,836,616,915.61 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $611,815,496.39 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $502,912,816.26 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $383,098,819.85 |\n|  | Total | $27,759,885,018.93 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation performs exactly the function intended by the parent Act. The Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 was designed to enable the Commonwealth to make payments to states for specific purposes, and this determination simply exercises that power for the 2022-23 health funding year. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the basic authority provision","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 mechanical: specifying dollar amounts for payment"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination authorises the Commonwealth to pay about $27.76 billion to Australian states and territories for 2022–23 under the National Health Reform Agreement, funding public hospitals and related services. Major recipients are New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland; smaller amounts go to the other states and territories. It was made by Assistant Minister Dr Andrew Leigh under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the statutory scope of Commonwealth support for state health under the Federal Financial Relations Act or the National Health Reform Agreement. It merely specifies the monetary amounts payable for the 2022–23 payment year under s15A (see s5) and does not create new powers, eligibility rules, or conditions beyond those in the Act and the Agreement (see s3, s4)."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: it only sets numeric grant amounts for 2022–23 (s5), which reduces legal complexity.","Legal basis: the power to make the determination is statutory under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s3), so interpretation depends on that Act and s15A referenced in the instrument.","Definitions: the instrument relies on meanings from the Act rather than creating new local definitions (s4), limiting internal definitional complexity.","Commencement mechanics are simple and retrospective as set out in the commencement table (s2).","Operational detail omitted: the determination does not specify payment timing, conditions, reconciliation or administrative procedures—those are left to the Act/Agreement and executive agencies (s5), creating implementation dependence on other instruments.","Budgetary and incentive effect: the instrument guarantees fixed Commonwealth receipts to States/Territories for health expenditure (s5), creating predictable revenue streams for state budgeting but shifting funding decisions about service delivery to the jurisdictions."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s3) by the Assistant Minister, fixes the Commonwealth payments to each State and Territory for the 2022–23 payment year to support expenditure under the National Health Reform Agreement (s5). It lists specific dollar amounts for each jurisdiction; implementation details, timing and any payment conditions remain governed by the Act and the Agreement."},"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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