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Australian Capital Territory act
This ACT law sets up the machinery for how the ACT receives and spends Commonwealth money for public hospitals under the National Health Reform Agreement.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Health (National Health Funding Pool and Administration) Act 2013.
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Why it matters: This is the ACT's piece of a national scheme. It ensures that when the Commonwealth pays the ACT for hospital services, that money is quarantined in a transparent, auditable account rather than disappearing into general revenue. It also ensures the ACT can manage its own contribution to hospital funding alongside Commonwealth contributions, with clear rules about who controls what money.