Human Services (Medicare) Regulations 2017
26Lifetime health cover
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26 Lifetime health cover
(1) A prescribed function of the Chief Executive Medicare is to assist the Health Department with communications to members of the public about lifetime health cover, including: (a) identifying persons who have become subject to, or will soon become subject to, the operation of lifetime health cover; and (b) providing persons identified under paragraph (a) with information about lifetime health cover received by the Chief Executive Medicare from the Health Department; and (c) providing information and reports on matters relating to lifetime health cover to the Health Department. (2) In performing the function under subsection (1), the Chief Executive Medicare may use personal information collected for the performance of the Chief Executive Medicare’s medicare functions.