525Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission may collect information

525 Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission may collect information

S. 525(1) amended by No. 20/2023 s. 27.

(1) For the purposes of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission performing its functions (other than its functions under section 415(h) and (i)) and exercising its powers, the Commission may collect any of the following types of information about an individual from a body specified in subsection (2)—

(a) the Health Secretary;

(b) a mental health and wellbeing service provider;

(c) a public service body;

(d) a public entity within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004;

(e) Victoria Police;

(f) a body prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of data sharing body in section 3(1) of the Victorian Data Sharing Act 2017;

(g) a court or tribunal.

(3) A body specified in subsection (2) may provide information described in subsection (1) to the Commission.

(4) This section does not affect the operation of—

526 Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission may collect data and information from mental health and wellbeing service providers and data sharing bodies

(1) The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission may collect the following data and information from a mental health and wellbeing service provider and a data sharing body—

(a) data and information about service delivery, system performance and outcomes, including linked data;

(b) data and information about the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System;

(c) any other information that will enable the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission to perform its functions and exercise its powers.

(2) A mental health and wellbeing service provider and a data sharing body may disclose the data and information specified in subsection (1) to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission.

(3) In this section—

data sharing body has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Victorian Data Sharing Act 2017.