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Direction to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority on the Performance of its functions (No. 1 of 2012)

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This Direction requires the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) to determine a national efficient price for a list of standard items linked to conducting clinical trials by 30 June 2013, and to report that work to the Minister and State/Territory health ministers at the first Standing Council on Health meeting after that date (Schedule 1(1)). IHPA must have regard to subsection 131(3) of the Act and may consider actual item activity, cost‑recovery principles and stakeholder submissions (Schedule 1(2)), creating limited discretion and consultation obligations.

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Direction to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority on the Performance of its functions (No. 1 of 2012)

Commonwealth of Australia

National Health Reform Act 2011

DIRECTION

TO THE INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL PRICING AUTHORITY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS FUNCTIONS (No. 1 of 2012)

I, TANYA PLIBERSEK, Minister for Health and Ageing, acting under subsection 226(1) of the National Health Reform Act 2011 (“the Act”), having consulted with the Standing Council on Health DIRECT that the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority make the determination set out in Item 1 of Schedule 1 of this instrument, and have regard to the matters set out in Item 2 of Schedule 1 of this instrument.

Citation

This Direction may be cited as the Ministerial Direction to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority on the Performance of its Functions (No. 1 of 2012).

Commencement

2. This instrument takes effect on the day after it is registered in the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Dated: 28 November 2012

Tanya Plibersek

TANYA PLIBERSEK

Minister for Health and Ageing

Schedule 1

1. Functions

(i) By 30 June 2013, the Pricing Authority must determine the national efficient price for a list of standard items (provided to it by the National Health and Medical Research Council) associated with conducting clinical trials in Australia.

(ii) At the first meeting of the Standing Council on Health after 30 June 2013, the Pricing Authority must provide a report on its performance of the activity referred to in Item 1(i) of this Direction to the Minister for Health and Ageing and to the Minister having responsibility for health in each State and Territory.

2\. Matters the Pricing Authority is to have regard to

(i) In performing the activity described in Item 1 of this Schedule, the Pricing Authority must have regard to the matters set out in subsection 131(3) of the Act.

(ii) In addition, the Pricing Authority may, so far as the Act permits, have regard to the following matters:

(a) The actual activity of each item;

(b) Principles of cost-recovery; and

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1 Direction to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority on the Performance of its functions (No. 1 of 2012)