196Functions of the Jurisdictional Advisory Committee

196 Functions of the Jurisdictional Advisory Committee

(1) The Jurisdictional Advisory Committee has the following functions: (a) to advise the Pricing Authority in relation to the following: (i) developing and specifying classification systems for health care and other services provided by public hospitals; (ii) determining adjustments to the national efficient price to reflect legitimate and unavoidable variations in the costs of delivering health care services; (iii) standards and requirements in relation to data relating to health care services provided by public hospitals to be provided by States and Territories; (iv) developing and maintaining a schedule of public hospitals and the kinds of health care services provided by each hospital; (v) funding models for hospitals; (va) matters that relate to the functions of the Pricing Authority mentioned in subsection 131(1A); (vi) matters that are referred to the Jurisdictional Advisory Committee by the Pricing Authority; (b) to do anything incidental to or conducive to the performance of the above function. (2) The Pricing Authority must have regard to the advice provided by the Jurisdictional Advisory Committee.